HYDROPHYTE DIVERSITY OF RAWANWADI LAKE , DISTRICT BHANDARA, MAHARASHTRA STATE, INDIA

Authors

  • D. M. Ghutke Author
  • D. M. Mate2 Author

Abstract

Hydrophytes play an important role in maintaining aquatic biodiversity. Hydrophytes offer habitats suitable for supporting growth of a variety of aquatic life forms. The present study emphasized on the preliminary assessment of hydrophytes diversity of Rawanwadi lake of Bhandara district, Maharashtra, India. A well planned survey was carried out frequently for a period of one year January 2023 to January 2024. Rawanwadi Lake is situated near Wakeshwar village on Bhandara –Paoni road.We visited in different season to study the biodiversity of aquatic, marshy and wetland plants. During study,total 26 species ofhydrophytes were recorded. These species belongs to 23 genera and 19 families. Among these 6 species are submerged hydrophytes, 5 species are free floating, 5 species are rooted floating and 10 species are emergent. The present work exhibited the database of hydrophytes in Rawanwadilake which will help in future work for its conservation, preservation and addition of the local biodiversity

Published

2022-01-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. Special Issue 7 (2022)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

HYDROPHYTE DIVERSITY OF RAWANWADI LAKE , DISTRICT BHANDARA, MAHARASHTRA STATE, INDIA. (2022). International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences, 11(Special Issue 7), 601-607. https://www.ijfans.org/index.php/Journal/article/view/7214