Authors : Mahendra Bhojram Raut, Chintaman J. Khune, Laxman P. Nagpurkar
Page Nos : 123-128
Description :
Nagzira Navegaon(NN) corridor covers an area of about 620 km distributed in three Tahsil viz. Sadak Arjuni, Deori and Goregaon in Gondia district of Maharashtra state. The corridor was studied into five blocks and wetlands were selected from each blocks; Putli lake from Ghat section block, Naktya lake from Alebedar block, Umarzari lake from Jambhadi block, Rengepar lake from Sasekaran hills block and Chulbandh lake from Mundipar block. The present work was carried out from October 2014 to September 2016, it showed 70 species of aquatic plants belonging to 34 families. The dominant families were Asteraceae with 8 species followed by Poaceae with 6 species and 4 species each of Alismataceae and Lamiaceae. Based on the existence of aquatic plants in lake, 41 species were peripheral, 14 species were shore, 11 species were floating and 4 species were categorized as submerged. As per the IUCN status, 54 species were not assessed by IUCN and 16 species were under the least concern status out of the 70 species observed during the study period. The present study mainly deals with the identification, documentation and conservation needs of aquatic plants species in lakes of NN corridor.
