Floristic Diversity and Vegetation Analysis of Heritage Langat Singh College, North Bihar, India

Heritage campuses (including older universities/ college campuses) are home in urban areas for biodiversity study and conservation. Present study was undertaken to enumerate the natural plant diversity of one of the old heritage college of north Bihar; Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur Bihar. On average of 91 plant species naturally including woody (trees), non-woody shrubs/herbs/grasses/ and ornamental plants has been identified. Species were analysed and its socio-economic aspects were also enumerated. Meliaceae and Fabaceae dominated the tree flora whereas Poaceae (grasses) dominated the non-woody flora. The tree species, viz. Swietenia mahogani and Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae) and Cassia abbreviata (Fabaceae) were most frequent and Ficus benghalensis, F. religiosa, Phoenix dactylifera, Polyalthia longifolia also thriving well. Out of total 91 species documented, 83 species representing 30 families are dicotyledonous while 13 species (6 families) are monocotyledonous. The most dominant dicot family is Fabaceae represented by maximum number of 10 species followed by Apocynaceae (7 species), Moraceae and Asteraceae represented by 6 species each. In monocot, majority of plants belongs to family Poaceae. The Cycas revoluta and Dryopteris ludoviciana are also recorded from campus.