ISCA Journal of Biological Sciences _____ ______________________________ ______ __ _ _ ISCA J. Biological Sci. Vol. 1 ( 1 ), 47 - 54 , May (201 2 ) International Science Congress Association 47 Comparative Vegetational Analysis and Pinus roxburghii Sarg regeneration in relation to their disturbances in some Chirpine forest of block Nowshera, district Rajouri, J and K, India Dangwal L.R. and Singh Tajinder Herbarium and Plant Systematic Lab., Department of Botany, H.N.B. Garhwal University (a Central University), SRT Campus, Badshahithaul, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in (Received 2 1 st April 201 2 , revised 27 th April 201 2 , accepted 2 nd May 201 2 ) Abstract The present study aims to compare the vegetation of Chirpine forest and study the regeneration sta tus of Chirpine in relation to their disturbances in block Nowshera, district Rajouri, J and K, India. Whole area was divided into five sites ((I=Chowki; II=Nowshera; III=Rajal Kote and Gharan Kaun; IV=Bhatta; V=Andhro oth)) . The present study showed that , diversity index was invariably higher for trees follo wed by herbs, shrubs. 58 species w ere reported from the studied forest , out which 23 were trees, 13 were shrubs and 22 were herbs. Recruitment of shrubs and herbs in some sites showed the open type of canopy is highly disturbed site and investigated data also shows heavy deforestation and over grazing. Key Words: Chirpine forest, r egeneration status, d isturbances, p lant communities, s pecies d iversity. Introduction Biodiversity is the totality of genes, species and ecosystem in a region. Himalayan forest ecosystem has a major contribution to the mega - biodiversity of India. Therefore, the conservation and scientific management of this biodiversity for socioeconomic development, betterment of soil, live - stock and human assumes a great significance 1 . The lesser Himalayan region is colonized by subtropical broad leaved f orest is dominated by Chirpine ( Pinus roxburghii ) and Oak ( Quercus ) species 2 . Various ecological aspects of biodiversity of this forest have been studied by various workers 3 - 9 . The vegetation o f lesser Himalaya to alpine zone is led by vast exploitation of natural plant diversity or flora due to increasing anthropological pressures. Anthropogenic disturbances play an important role to change, loss recent phenomenon of climatic change, loss or maintenance of plant biodiversity and more recent phenomenon of climate change will also responsible for the change in species composition and other ecosystem activities 10 . Himalayan forest is considered to be globe’s most depleted forest 11 - 13 . This has been attributed to the high population incr ease, associated with land use changes, socioeconomic transformation and unsustainable exploitation of natural forest resources 14 - 16 . Reduced regeneration of forest plant species mainly Pinus roxburghii in lesser Himalayan region due to extreme consumpti on of timer wood, fuel wood and other purposes by local residents. Lot of work have been done on regeneration of Chirpine, it still remain insufficient it can be reflected either on non regeneration or scarcity regeneration. A detailed quantitative vegetat ional analysis, species diversity, regeneration status brings out some tangible explanation on Chirpine regeneration under the prevailing disturbed condition. The present study aimed to compare vegetation of Chirpine forest of the study area and secondly r elates Chir pine regeneration with disturbances. Material and Methods The study was carried out in subtropical Chirpine forest of block Noswera, district Rajouri, J and K Himalaya, India , which lies in between in latitude of 32 0 - 57 / to 33 0 - 17 / N and longitude of 70 0 - 0 / to 74 0 - 33 / E and ranges from 470 - 1200m elevation above sea level. The block Nowshera lies in South - West of the district Rajouri and in Western circle of the Jammu division. It is bounded by block Rajouri in North, Kalakote and Sunderbani in East and Mirpur Pakistan in West and South. Most of the area is mountainous and rugged. Landscape consists of low lying undulating hills and valleys. Northwards topography become very steep and high is merging ultimately with Pir Panjal. Soil under forest is c haracterized by sandstone, shale, clay and calcareous sandstone in lower siwalik and massive, soft, coarse, sandstone with sub ordinate clay in upper siwalik. The annual rainfall ranges from 920 - 960mm. The minimum and maximum temperature throughout the yea r ranges from 9 0 C to 32 0 C. Whole area is divided into five sites as per disturbances magnitude (I=Chowki; II=Nowshera; III=Rajal Kote and Gharan Kaun; IV=Bhatta; V=Andhrooth) shown in table - 1. Phytosociological study was conducted during 2009 - 2010 using quadrats method. Plants were indentified with the help of plant taxonomist and the published regional forest flora of Jammu and Kashmir 17 - 18 . Tree layer was analysed by sampling of ten randomly placed quadrats of 1010m size in each site. The size and numb er of samples was quantitatively analysed for abundance, density and frequency 19 . Importance Value Index ISCA Journal of Biological Sciences ________________ ______________________________ ______ __ _ _ ISCA J. Biological Sci. Vol. 1 ( 1 ), 47 - 54 , May (201 2 ) International Science Congress Association 48 (IVI) for the tree layer was determined by sum of the relative frequency, relative density and relative dominance 20 . The d istribution pattern of differ ent species was studied by using ratio of abundance to frequency 21 . Tree species were considered to be individuals �30cm cbh (circumference at breast height) and sapling 10 - 30cm cbh and seedling 0cm cbh 22 . The shrubs layer and seedling were analyzed by s ampling of quadrats of 55m and 11m randomly on each site. Thus relative value calculated and summed to get IVI. The regeneration status of trees in the all sites was studied by using the method 23 as good regeneration; if Seedling�Sapling�Adults; Fair reg eneration, if Seedling > or ≤ Sapling ≤ Adults; poor regeneration only by Sapling stage but no Seedling. If species is present in adult stage it is considered as no regeneration. Species diversity was calculating by using Shannon Wiener Information Index 24 as: H=∑ (ni/n) log2 (ni/n) Where, ni is the IVI of the species and n the total IVI of all the species. The floral diversity and concentration of dominance was calculated by Simpson’s Index (25) as: Cd=∑ (ni/n) 2 . Where, ni is the IVI of the species and n the total IVI of all the species. Results and Discussion A total of 58 plant species were reported from the study area out of which 23 were trees, 13 were shrubs and 22 were herbs. IVI value for trees, shrubs and herbs were shown in table - 2, 3 and 4. Whole tables were observed that total tree species was dominant in site II followed by I=III�V�IV, while the shrubs species were higher in order of importance in site III followed by I�II�I�VV and in herb species was recorded for site II followed by IV �V�I=III. In tree species more diversity in terms of IVI was shown by Pinus roxburghii in site I, III, IV and V and Acacia modesta in site II. In case of shrubs Carissa spinarum shows more diversity in site I,II,II and IV while Woodfordia fruticosa in sit e V and in herbs Cynodon dactylon in site I and IV Chrysopogon fulvus in site II, II and V. Higher diversity of shrubs like Carissa spinarum and Cynodon dactylon in site I and IV and recruitment of other herbs and shrubs species in the area showed open type of forest and is highly disturbed forest. Occurrence of Pinus roxburghii in adult stage in all the sites is shown by the old Chirpine type of forest but there was also noticed that markedly reduction in the number of seedling and sapling from the study a rea is directly affect the regeneration status of Pinus roxburghii due increasing anthropological activities in the forest area. Value for species diversity and concentration of dominance are tabulated in table - 5 and shown in figure - 2. More species diversity was found in site II followed by I�III�V�IV and for shrubs more species diversity was shown in site V followed by I�VII�I�III and in herbs II�I�V�I�VII. Mallotus philippensis showed good regeneration in almost all the studied sites, while Acacia modesta showed good regeneration in site III rest of the all showed fair as well as poor regeneration. Pinus roxburghii shown by the poor regeneration in all sites while rest of the all tree species showed very poor or no regeneration shown in t able - 2 an d figure - 1 (a,b,c,d and e). Discussion The dominant species of the study area was Chirpine ( Pinus roxburghii ), besides Chirpine , there are several others sub - tropical dry deciduous plant species. The present study indicate that plant diversity assessment by quantitative analysis of forest vegetation in different sites of the study area including disturbance e ffects which do not provide ecosystem recovery and widen the forest gap and fragmentation of the land in the region. Chirpine forest showed greater variation in shrubs and herbs species richness. The species richness decreases due to increasing the biotic pressure and opening the tree canopy which arrest the regeneration some tree species. Th e opening of canopy covers increase of shrubs and herbs in highly disturbed forest. High species richness and diversity in the Pinus roxburghii - mixed broad leaved forest 26 . Pinus roxburghii - mixed broad leaved forest had the highest richness 27 . The pres ent study reveals the alarmingly high rate of disturbances. It showed the site III and IV showed poor regeneration and recruitment of shrubs and herbs community form the open type canopy which form the highly disturbed forest. So as concern with regenerati on status , it was good in site II followed by �VI�III�IV. The overall observation showed that, Mallotus philippensis had good regeneration in all sites and Pinus roxburghii showed very poor regeneration in all sites due to the anthropological disturbanc es (such as fuel wood consumption, timber and also forest fire etc.), shown in figure - 1 a,b,c,d,e and t able - 2. Site III and IV shown more disturbed area due to colonization of villages near forest area and entrances of Gujjar and Bakarwal tribes in the study area. Day by day their activities are increasing in the forest area which leads to great forest destruction. They also employ forest fire which leads to great loss of seedling and sapling and also affect the regeneration of plants, mai nly Chirpine. So the condition of Chirpine is very critical in the study sites. There was also noticed the recruitment of thorn species like Euphorbia royleana , Carissa, Colebrookia form the open thorn type of forest is the sign of high disturbance. It is also a type of thorn forest which ascended upon subtropical forest 28 . This area needs to protection by the forest department as well as district administration. Similarly populations of the Pinus roxburghii was decreasing and change into open degraded fore st. Deforestation, over grazing was the major disturbing vegetational component suggested it to be Chirpine forest. Carissa, Adhotoda increasing continuous, deforestation and overgrazing 29 . ISCA Journal of Biological Sciences ________________ ______________________________ ______ __ _ _ ISCA J. Biological Sci. Vol. 1 ( 1 ), 47 - 54 , May (201 2 ) International Science Congress Association 49 Conclusion We may conclude that in the study area seedling and sa pling of Chir Pine forest decreasing rapidly and forest is under risk, will leads to greatest loss of forest biodiversity due to increasing anthropological activities inside the forest for obtaining better grazing opportunities, timber, fuel, fodder, medic ine forest fire etc. So the Govt. as well as Forest Department should take active steps for the rejuvenation of forest and it will be vanished in future if not maintained properly. Acknowledgement The authors are thankful to the authorities of Forest De partment of Nowshera block of district Rajouri, J and K for their permission in the study area and their valuable suggestions. References 1. 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Malik, Present status of subtropical Chirpine vegetation of Kotli Hills, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Journal of Research (Science), Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, 15(01) , 85 - 90 (2004) Table - 1 Showing the selected site of the study area Site Site Name Altitude Longitude Lattitude I Chowki 500 - 700m asl 33 0 10.028 / 74 0 10.189 / II Nowshera 500 - 600m asl 33 0 10.068 / 74 0 16.230 / III Rajal Kote and Gharan Kaun 500 - 800m asl 33 0 10.227 / 74 0 18.466 / IV Bhatta 700 - 900m asl 33 0 12.058 / 74 0 14.363 / V Andhrooth 800 - 1200m asl 33 0 14.119 / 74 0 10.554 / Table - 2 Showing the Species Diversity and Regeneration Status in terms of IVI of Tree of all sites Name of Species I II III IV V IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 Tree Sapli ng Seedl ing Tree Sapli ng Seedl ing Tree Sapli ng Seedl ing Tree Sapling Seedling Tree Sapling Seedling Acacia modesta 75. 14 30. 03 103 .80 136 .06 119 .32 28. 1 41. 35 79 - - - - - - Acacia catechu - - - 8.9 8 19. 46 - - - - - - - - - - Albizia lebbbeck - - - 10. 00 23. 87 - - - - - - - - - - Bombax ceiba 10. 96 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cassia fistula - - - 7.4 2 - - 36. 8 27. 36 19 - - - - - - Celtis eriocarpa - - - 8.7 2 13. 47 43. 85 - - - - - - - - - Dalbergia sissoo 46. 03 23. 63 39. 02 4.9 3 - - 41. 7 22. 47 7 14. 06 - - - - - Euphorbia royleana - - - 11. 38 21. 72 - - - - - - - - - - Ficus palmata 14. 51 25. 41 - - - - - - - - - - 8.31 10.37 - Ficus roxburghii 8.1 0 12. 40 - - - - 15. 6 - - - - - - - - Grewia optiva - - - 21. 54 6.3 5 - - - - - - - - - - ISCA Journal of Biological Sciences ________________ ______________________________ ______ __ _ _ ISCA J. 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Vol. 1 ( 1 ), 47 - 54 , May (201 2 ) International Science Congress Association 51 Name of Species I II III IV V IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 IVI/ 100m 2 Tree Sapli ng Seedl ing Tree Sapli ng Seedl ing Tree Sapli ng Seedl ing Tree Sapling Seedling Tree Sapling Seedling Lannea coromandelica 8.1 0 - - 24. 48 23. 03 30. 84 15. 6 16. 51 - - - - - - - Mallotus philippensis 27. 12 61. 82 88. 36 30. 29 31. 27 105 .94 34. 7 116 .7 119 29. 43 57.24 250.18 27.4 0 62.81 38.90 Mangifera indica 10. 50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Morus alba 8.1 0 11. 51 33. 47 4.0 5 17. 18 - - - - - - - - - - Olea cuspidata 26. 16 43. 31 - - - - 9.7 2 - - 17. 52 - - - - - Phyllanthus emblica - - - 4.0 5 - - 40. 7 52. 15 45 - - - 25.9 7 33.55 52.13 Pinus roxburghii 57. 03 21. 85 28. 17 42. 93 - - 56. 9 - 17 207 .01 242.7 4 49.80 211. 03 181.7 9 89.58 Pyrus pashia 8.1 0 12. 40 80. 95 - - - 6.4 7 11. 9 14 - - - 8.68 - 78.95 Rhus parviflora - - - 12. 71 7.4 6 - 6.6 11. 52 - - - - - - - Terminalia bellerica - - - - - - - - - 14. 32 - - 9.25 11.43 40.37 Terminalia chebula - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.25 - - Toona ciliata 46. 85 12. 40 - 4.5 1 - - 6.9 2 - - 17. 57 - - - - - Where, IVI=Impotance Value Index Table – 3 Showing the Species Diversity in terms of IVI of Shrubs of all sites Name of Species I II III IV V IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 Shrubs Carissa spinarum 117.17 97.07 95.98 132.24 62.16 Colebrookia oppositifolia - - 12.15 - - Calotropis procera 6.00 - - - - Dodonaea viscosa 48.17 19.09 34.18 24.36 78.89 Ipomoea carnea 15.74 - 15.33 24.77 - Justicia adhatota 32.92 77.76 59.66 - - Myrsine africana 9.70 - 6.13 - 16.69 Nerium indicum - 14.48 - - - Punica granatum 28.84 44.40 10.3 23.69 - Vitex negundo 41.38 22.68 - 77.65 - Woodfordia fruticosa - - 52.76 - 117.96 Ziziphus mauritiana - 24.42 - 17.22 24.31 Acacia oburnea - - 13.34 - - Where, IVI=Impotance Value Index ISCA Journal of Biological Sciences ________________ ______________________________ ______ __ _ _ ISCA J. 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Vol. 1 ( 1 ), 47 - 54 , May (201 2 ) International Science Congress Association 52 Table – 4 Showing the Species Diversity in terms of IVI of Herbs of all sites Where, IVI= Impotance Value Index Table – 5 Showing the Species Diversity(S D) and Concentration of Dominance (C d) for Tree, Shrubs and Herbs of all sites I II III IV V Tree S D 15.95 20.81 14.34 6.28 8.37 C d 1.00 0.17 0.11 0.50 0.51 Shrubs S D 8.51 6.63 10.08 5.46 4.02 C d 0.22 0.21 0.19 0.28 0.28 Herbs S D 9.82 17.67 8.96 14.99 11.69 C d 0.20 0.25 0.13 0.18 0.18 Name of Species I II III IV V IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 IVI /100m 2 Herbs Achyranthes aspera 29.46 5.69 12.8 - - Amaranthus viridis - - - 8.84 - Andropogon fascicularis 17.33 - 61.12 - - Chrysopogon fulvus 12.26 139.57 39.55 42.78 86.72 Cynodon dactylon 87.97 14.72 37.85 103.51 58.6 Cyperus niveus - - - - 9.35 Fragaria indica - - - 4.98 - Imperata arundinacea - - - 8.83 23.07 Malvastrum coromandelianum 16.16 25.79 34.71 12.17 9.01 Micromeria biflora - 16.02 - - - Oenothera rosea - - - - 8.32 Oxalis corniculata 17.28 23.00 26.66 24.08 17.59 Parthenium hysterophorus 82.9 25.75 37.42 39.92 10.76 Paspalidium flavidum - 5.11 - - - Rumex dentatus - 10.43 - - - Setaria virdis - - - 12.86 64.45 Sida acuta - - - 6.66 - Sida cordata - 3.70 - 17.78 - Silybum marianum - - - 17.58 12.13 Stellaria media - 15.51 - - - Taraxacum officinale 11.71 10.99 15.43 - - Vervascum thapsus - 3.49 - - - ISCA Journal of Biological Sciences ________________ ______________________________ ______ __ _ _ ISCA J. Biological Sci. Vol. 1 ( 1 ), 47 - 54 , May (201 2 ) International Science Congress Association 53 Fig ure – 1(a) Showing the Diversity and Regeneration Status of site I in terms of IVI and Species Fig ure – 1(b) Showing the Diversity and Regeneration Status of site II in terms of IVI and Species Fig ure - 1(c) Showing the Diversity and Regeneration Status of site III in terms of IVI and Species 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Tree Sapling Seedling 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Tree Sapling Seedling 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Tree Sapling Seedling ISCA Journal of Biological Sciences ________________ ______________________________ ______ __ _ _ ISCA J. Biological Sci. Vol. 1 ( 1 ), 47 - 54 , May (201 2 ) International Science Congress Association 54 Fig ure – 1(d) Showing the Diversity and Regeneration Status of site IV in terms of IVI and Species Fig ure - 1(e) Showing the Diversity and Regeneration Status of site V in terms of IVI and Species Fig ure – 2 Showing the Species Diversity (Shannon Wiener Information Index) of Tree, Shrubs and Herbs on one side and all sites on another side 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 Tree Sapling Seedling 0 50 100 150 200 250 Tree Sapling Seedling 0 5 10 15 20 25 I II III IV V Tree Shrubs Herbs