Educational Visit to Lacchiwala forest

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

Uttaranchal (P.G.) College of Biomedical Sciences and Hospital

Educational Visit to Lacchiwala forest

1. On dated 15th Feb. 2016 the department of botany organized an educational trip for botany students of M.Sc. and B.Sc. to Lacchiwala forest region, Dehradun.
2. Tour organized due to following objectives-
   • Identification and collection of Angiospermic plants
   • To study the diversity of wild medicinal plants
   • To study the basic herbarium technique during field visit
3. Lacchiwala generally known as popular picnic spot at Haridwar- Rishikesh road.
4. Lacchiwala range forest situated within Rajaji national park
5. reserve forest which is about 22 km from Dehradun city.
6. Whole spot encircled by Shorea robusta trees and provides a
7. unique place for researchers and visitors.
8. Students collected several herb plant species for their herbarium file.
9. During study within lacchiwala forest different layers of vegetation identified.

HERB LAYER SPECIES:

Reinwardtia indica, Oxalis corniculata, Sonchus ciliaris, Solanum nigrum, Cyperus rotundus, Ageratum conyzoides, Eupatorium adenophorum, Woodfordia fruticosa, Parthenium hysterophorus, Lantana camara, Sida cordata , Lepidagathis incurva , Solanum toruvum, Bidens biternata, Adhatoda vasica , Centella asiatica, Chenopodium album, Aerva sanguinolenta, Ajuga bractiosa, Cladodendron viscosum , Cissampelos pareira, Amaranthus spinosus, Desmodium gangeticum , Evolvulus alsinoides, Flemingia strobilifera, Gnaphalium adnatum etc.

SHRUB LAYER VEGETATION:

Colebrookia oppositifolia, Lantana camara, Solanum viarum, Vitex negando, Calatropis procera, etc.

TREE LAYER SPECIES:

Shorea robusta, Terminalis bellerica, Toona ciliate, Albizia precera, Gaveilia robusta, Mallotus phillipinenesis etc.

Organized By:

Dr. Neha Saini

Dr. Sandeep Dhyani