Status Survey of Nageia Wallichiana (Presl.) O. Ktze. in Natural Habitats of Goodrical Reserve Forests, Western Ghats, India

The study reveals the phyto-sociological aspects of Nageia wallichiana and plant diversity in the study area. In both the study sites the same typical evergreen species Palaquium ellipticum and Cullenia exarillata showed higher dominance among other species. It is evident that Nageia wallichiana is definitely established in the community but not as a dominant or co-dominant one in the study sites. In both the study sites the Nageia wallichiana showed random distribution. However, most of the species in site I were contiguously distributed and in site II randomly distributed. The floristic study shows that the natural habitats of Nageia wallichiana harbour large number of endemic plants and other categories of the conservational importance viz. endangered, rare and vulnerable plants.