Abstract

Floristic surveys were carried out in the Baraila Lake Salim Ali Jubba Sahni Bird Sanctuary, Bihar from 2016 to 2018. In the study, a total of 180 species of the angiosperms were collected. The documented species are distributed into 133 genera, 48 families and 26 orders. Among the 48 families, the dominating family was Poaceae (34 spp.), followed by Asteraceae (17 spp.), Cyperaceae (13 spp.), Malvaceae (10 spp.), etc. As for habit, it was found that 154 species were herbaceous (85.55%), 17 climbers (9.44%) and 09 shrubs (5%). According to IUCN criteria 57 species tall under “Least Concern” category and entries are not available for rest of the plants. Fimbristylis griffithii Boeckeler, reported as new distributional record for the state of Bihar was also collected. The present study enumerates the wetland flora.

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