Nagzira National Park – The Flora

Nagzira National Park – The Flora

The forest is covered with southern tropical dry deciduous forests. It consists of a mix of dry deciduous forests, moist deciduous forests, and bamboo forests. This national park serves as a living repository of various economical, medicinal, aromatic, ornamental plant species. Around 200 species of medicinal and economical importance are seen in this national park. However, there is no record of any endemic or rare species from this national park. Bamboo and teaks are often present on the slopes. Grassland can be seen near Nagzira, but it is of small size and anthropogenic in origin. The most common weeds seen in this national park are Lantana camera (Ghaneri) which is an exotic shrub and Parthenium spp. (Congress grass) which is an exotic herb.

The major tree, herbs, shrubs, and climber species found in this reserve are Terminalia tomentosa, Lagerstroemia parviflora, Anogeisus latifolia, Pterocarpus marsupium, Dispyrus melanoxylon, Tectona grandis, Bombax ceiba, Lannea grandis, BoswelIa serrata, Adina cordifolia, Xylia xylocarpa, along nallas Terminalia arjuna, Syzygium cumini, Schleichera oleosa, Terinalia Chebula, Holarrhena antidysentrica, Wrightia tinctoria. Woodfordia fructicosa, Helicteres isora, Combretum decandrum, Zizyphus oenoplia, Calycopteris floribunda, Butea superba, Bauhinia vahlii, Smilax macrophylla, Mucuna pruriens, Acacia pinnata, Themeda quadrivalvia, Iseilema laxum, Apluda varia, Eragrostis tennella, Cynodon dactylon, Imperata cylindrica, Vetiveria zizyniodes, Heteropogan contortus, Schima nervosum, and Bamboo.