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MATERIAL AND METHODS
The present study was carried out through extensive field visit from July 2019 to March 2020.
During field survey the plants had been observed at flowering stages as far as possible from their
natural habitat. They were identified with standard flora (Hooker, 1982; Naik, 1998).
Study area
Jalna is a district in the state of Maharashtra with its district headquarters situated at 19.8410°N
75.8864°E. It has an average elevation of 508 m (1,667 ft), on the banks of the Kundalika River.
Jalna education society’s college, Jalna is located near the police training center, Jalna. The Jalna
Education Society, college Jalna is one of the institute of Marathwada region was formed in 1957
with an aim to provide higher education and research work to encourage the students of the town
and nearby rural areas in various science disciplines. In fact, establishment of a full-fledged
college was a long felt need of Jalna. It is sprawled over area of 16 acres in picturesque landmass
with pollution free environment. An attempt was made to explore the flowering plant diversity
of the college campus. The college has a set of beautiful old buildings along with play ground,
gardens and teak plantation. The campus sprawled over an area of 16 acres in picturesque
landmass.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The present floristic survey deals with the documentation of eco friendly college campus which
is associated with rich of flora of herbs, climbers, shrubs and trees. This taxonomic survey of
campus was carried out from different localities of campus. There are many socio-economical,
medicinal and ornamental plants grown in this campus. Most of plants are naturally grown and
many of are planted obviously for beautifulness and to control the pollution.
All the visits were made during the flowering and fruiting seasons. During these visits, 146
species of plants belonging to 25 families were collected and identified from the college campus.
The dominant families in the campus representing the maximum number of species were
Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Malvaceae, Portulacaceae, Lythraceae, Rutaceae, Sapotaceae, Meliaceae,
Myrtaceae and Apocynaceae. Whereas the rest of the families were represented by only one
species in the study area Jalna education society’s college campus had good biodiversity.
The campus is home to many trees, herbs and many species of shrubs growing naturally in
campus. However in the recent past due to various activities such as construction and
developmental works going on in the campus many species of trees have been cut down. This
has caused huge damage to the floristic composition on the campus. Despite this many
herbaceous plants have exited this campus owing to these anthropogenic activities. Many species
of exotic ornamental plants have been also planted in the campus for decorative and beauty
purposes which have also caused disturbance in the natural floristic diversity in the campus
therefore efforts must be taken for ensuring ecological restoration and conservation of various
species inhabiting the campus.

VERNACULAR LIFE
SR.NO. BOTANICAL NAME FAMILY
NAME FORM
1 Annona aquaomosa L. Sitafal T Annonaceae
2 Abitulon indicum (L) Sweet. Shikha S Malvaceae
3 Abitulon pannosum (forst f.) Karandi S Malvaceae
4 Acacia nilitica Babhul T Mimoceae
5 Acalypha indica L. Khokali H Euphorbiaceae

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