Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-3 | Issue-03 | 214-218
Original Research Article
Herbaceous Fodder Plants along the National Highway from Parwanoo to Kaurik in Himachal Pradesh, India
Rakhi Gagotia, Dr. Mukesh Kumar Seth, Priya Kumari
Published : March 14, 2018
Abstract
A survey of herbaceous fodder plants along the national highway from
Parwanoo to Kaurik was carried out. Mostly along the national highway rural areas
were situated and they used local flora for their cattle or livestock. Some of the
herbaceous plant species used as fodder among the communities of these areas. In
Present paper, 53 species belonging to 17 families and 44 genera were recorded and
identified. The families with higher number of species were Poaceae with 29 species,
Leguminosae with 5 species, Brassicaceae and Cyperaceae with 2 species,
Acanthaceae, Begoniaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Commelinaceae, Compositae,
Convolvulaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Datiscaceae, Oxalidaceae, Pedaliaceae,
Polygonaceae, Solanaceae, Urticaceae with 1 species each. The genera represented by
the higher number of species Setaria (3 species), Chrysopogon, Cyperus, Oplismenus,
Paspalum, Saccharum, Trifolium (2 species) and rest of the genera comprising only
one species.