A Phytosociological Assessment on Aquatic Macrophytes Diversity in Two Selected Wetlands of Kishanganj District, Bihar

Abstract

Macrophytes play a very significant role to stabilize a wetland ecosystem. The present research was conducted for quantitative investigation of aquatic macrophytes in Mahanadi and Harapukhur Beel in Bihar from November 2021 to May 2023. The survey documented 16 macrophytes species belonging to 11 families among which Poaceae is the most dominant family. Besides that some ecological parameters such as density, frequency, abundance and IVI were also calculated. Computational analyze of different diversity indices of macrophytes also have been done which revealed the highest value for Shannon Weiner’s index by Mahanadi(W1) and highest value for Simpson Dominance index by Harapukhur Beel (W2).