Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

AQUATIC ANGIOSPERMS OF BOR TALAV (GAURISHANKAR LAKE) AREA OF BHAVNAGAR CITY, GUJARAT–INDIA.

Bharat B. Maitreya

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 Aquatic plant species having special kind of adaptations and mostly grow in availability of water and these plants are known as hydrophytes. Micro to macro habit structure form the vegetation in pond or lake ecosystem . When water level decrease in periphery of water bodies Helophyte vegetation are found in muddy and marshy area. The present research work elaborates the Angiosperm floral diversity in one of the water bodies or wetlands in Bhavnagar city. There are many natural and seasonal wetlands . The present research work of aquatic angiosperms in Gaurishankar lake known as bortalav in Bhavnagar city. Observation and collection of 91 species of angiosperms grown in aquatic and marshy wetland areas of Bortalav.There are habitat like Free Floating, Floating rooted, submerged, muddy ,marshy and moist soil. 39 sp. of collected plant species found as moist place, whereas 19 sp in marshy area. The floral diversity showed 79 Genera and 91 species belonging to 40 families. The total plant species with their botanical name, family, adaptation , Habit and Habitat is presented . Poaceae with 14 species was the most dominantind family followed by, Cyperaceae (08 species) and Asteraceae (07 species).

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Bharat B. Maitreya Aquatic Angiosperms of Bor Talav (Gaurishankar Lake) Area of Bhavnagar City, Gujarat-India. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 6 June 2015

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