TREE DIVERSITY OF KANWAR TAAL BIRD SANCTUARY, BEGUSARAI, BIHAR

Abstract

The present work has been carried out to enumerate the different trees species of Kanwar Taal, a Bird Sanctuary, which was added in Ramsar wetlands sites (no. 2436) 'Wetlands of international importance' (Ramsar 2020) and considered as one of the largest natural oxbow lakes in the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the most important wetlands for waterfowl in the Gangetic plain supporting a huge number of various species of migratory and resident avifauna. A total of 61 species of trees include two bamboo species belonging to 51 genera and 29 families have recorded from the Kanwar Taal of Begusarai, Bihar. The recorded trees species with their Vernacular, English names uses have been provided with their respective families and botanical name alphabetically.