IISc data will help restore Bandipur flora lost in fire
TNN | Mar 3, 2019, 10:44 IST
More than 11,000 acres of forest was burnt, including parts of Bandipur and GS Betta, in the recent fire.BENGALURU: Data collected by Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), will help in the restoration of plant species lost in the massive fire at Bandipur tiger reserve, said Prof Sankara Rao, a botanist who retired from the biochemistry department of IISc.
CES on Saturday unveiled data on more than 10,000 plant species found in the peninsular part of India, as part of an attempt to maintain a digital library which the public can freely access. Rao, who is working on the process, said it includes details of the flora in Bandipur reserve.
More than 11,000 acres of forest was burnt, including parts of Bandipur and GS Betta, in the recent fire. Rao said, “It is important to restore the same species in these forest areas as the plants are region-friendly. Bandipur is dry deciduous forest area where fire incidents during summer are a common phenomenon. The restoration process should be initiated in the area where dry deciduous forest-friendly plants grow.”
Herbarium is a collection of dried, pressed plant specimens and their associated data. It is an irreplaceable source of information about the flora of a region. CES has identified and uploaded details of 1,649 species of trees, 58 types of parasites, 1,969 shrubs, 164 lianas (climbing vine), 418 undershrubs, 251 climbing shrubs, 4,789 herbs, 96 types of palm, 570 climbers and 27 species of canes.
The database is the digitized version of the herbarium founded at CES in 1964 by CJ Saldanha and his associates and later augmented by both national and international taxonomists. It houses an extensive collection from the Western Ghats.
CES said the species page contains more than 30,000 records of both flowering and non-flowering plants. Bandipur reserve consists of a large number of flowering, non-flowering, fruiting trees and shrubs, including teak, sandalwood, rosewood, Indian kino tree, giant clumping bamboo, clumping bamboo, kadam tree, Indian gooseberry, golden shower tree, satinwood and black cuth.
CES on Saturday unveiled data on more than 10,000 plant species found in the peninsular part of India, as part of an attempt to maintain a digital library which the public can freely access. Rao, who is working on the process, said it includes details of the flora in Bandipur reserve.
More than 11,000 acres of forest was burnt, including parts of Bandipur and GS Betta, in the recent fire. Rao said, “It is important to restore the same species in these forest areas as the plants are region-friendly. Bandipur is dry deciduous forest area where fire incidents during summer are a common phenomenon. The restoration process should be initiated in the area where dry deciduous forest-friendly plants grow.”
Herbarium is a collection of dried, pressed plant specimens and their associated data. It is an irreplaceable source of information about the flora of a region. CES has identified and uploaded details of 1,649 species of trees, 58 types of parasites, 1,969 shrubs, 164 lianas (climbing vine), 418 undershrubs, 251 climbing shrubs, 4,789 herbs, 96 types of palm, 570 climbers and 27 species of canes.
The database is the digitized version of the herbarium founded at CES in 1964 by CJ Saldanha and his associates and later augmented by both national and international taxonomists. It houses an extensive collection from the Western Ghats.
CES said the species page contains more than 30,000 records of both flowering and non-flowering plants. Bandipur reserve consists of a large number of flowering, non-flowering, fruiting trees and shrubs, including teak, sandalwood, rosewood, Indian kino tree, giant clumping bamboo, clumping bamboo, kadam tree, Indian gooseberry, golden shower tree, satinwood and black cuth.
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