Flora diversity in the industrial waste disposal sites of Kanpur and Unnao districts of Uttar Pradesh

A study of vegetation around a fertilizer factory, a tannery and a distillery waste disposal area along with a non-polluted site was conducted in Kanpur and Unnao districts of Uttar Pradesh. Only 26 plant species were recorded from the study area. Out of these only 5 species were commonly surviving in all the polluted sites as well as the non-polluted site. Cyanodon dactylon and Croton sparciflorus was the most dominant species at both tannary and distillary waste disposal site, whereas Sesbania bispinosa most frequently occurred at fertilizer factory site. Other than these, 5 plant species growing at the non-polluted site were regarded as sensitive to the adverse soil conditions. However, Cynadon dactylon had maximum density and abundance values at all the polluted as well as non-polluted sites.