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With  the  growing modern  civilization, the  ever  increasing role  of plants to  human  life has  placed  before  us  many  fold tasks  for  understanding intimately the  world  of the  plants  and their relationships with  human  being.Demographic analysis of  a plant  community is the  first and foremost basis  for  study of any  piece  of  vegetation. The floristic studies based  on  demography data  present a complete picture of the  vegetation i.  e. distribution-pattern and seasonal  changes  of  the   plant   communities  inhabiting a  particular  area   or  region.   The  dependence  of  man  on medicinal  plants  is next to food  for  life sustenance. Continuous exploitation of  medicinal plants has  also  been  causing extinction of certain  species.  There  is, therefore, need  for  intensive agricultural studies leading  to  genetic improvement and cultivation methods for  expansion of area under  medicinal  and  aromatic plants.In the  present investigation a fact was  established by long  observations that the  vegetation of  a region  or a locality,  in general,  follows a certain  well-defined distribution pattern.  Authors have  studied the  vegetation of Mainpuri  district of Uttar  Pradesh. This area  is located  in tropical zone  between 26°53'  to  2734' North  latitude  and  7827' to 7926' East longitude  and covers an  area  of nearly  4343  s. km. The  climate  of the  district is  markedly  periodic and  of semi-arid nature  which  is characterized by  a dry  and  hot  summer,  a warm monsoon and  a bracing cold  winter.  The  soil  of the district is divisible  into three  types  i.e. Matiyar,  Bhur and Dumat within this  there is a vast  area of wasteland known as 'usar' is available,  which  is not fit for  irrigation. Here 66752 hectares of land is usar land therefore the  vegetation of this land  is  scarce and  only  few  restricted plants  flourish,  therefore,  understanding of  natural ecosystem is  important for their conservation. During  the  present ecological investigations it was  found  that  the  medicinal herbs  viz:  Adhatoda  vasica,  Achyrantes aspera,  Argemone mexicana. Bacopa monnierri,   Centella  asiatica, Datura  stramonium, Calotropis procera, Euphorbia hirta,  Plantago ovata,  Solanum xanthocarpum, Trianthema portulacastrum,  Tribulus  terrestris,  Withania  somnifera were   abundant.  Medicinal grasses viz.  Cynodon dactylon,  Cymbopogon nardus showed  the  dynamics regeneration process by suckers  and  rhizomes  and  medicinal trees  like  Acacia nilotica, Pongamia pinnata, Syzygium  cuminii, Terminalia arjuna,  Ficus bonghalensis, were  most  popular.

Keywords

Demography Ecological dynamics Medicinal plants Wasteland

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Singh, A., Singh, A. K., Rathore, R. K. S., Bhadauria, S., & Singh, V. L. (2002). Demography and Ecological Dynamics of Ethanomedicinal Plants of Mainpuri District, India. Environment Conservation Journal, 3(2), 43–47. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2002.030202

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