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Tree species diversity and dominance in a man-made forest on sodic wasteland of North India
Authors:Sant P?Singh  Email author" target="_blank">Vijay K?GargEmail author  Ram S?Katiyar
Institution:(1) National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Post Box 436, Lucknow, 226001, India
Abstract:The study was conducted with the objective of studying tree species diversity and dominance and the associated changes in soil characteristics in a man-made forest established on formerly barren sodic land at Banthra Research Station (National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India) (80° 45–53primethinspE, 26° 40–45primethinspN) over three decades. The results revealed that the forest has a moderate value for the tree species diversity index (H). The tree species Derris indica, Dalbergia sissoo, Azadirachta indica, Cassia siamea, Terminalia arjuna, Syzygium cumini, and Tectona grandis were found to be the major dominant species which may be considered suitable for planting on such degraded wastelands. There was a perceptible reduction in soil pH and exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) and an increase in organic C and Ca2+thinsp+thinspMg2+ cation contents over the past three decades, indicating that the sodicity has declined in the surface soil.
Keywords:Tree diversity  Dominance  Sodic soil  Soil amelioration  Man-made forest
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