Red - Wood tree species and their endemicity in Chhattisgarh, Central - India

Abstract

Chhattisgarh state in Central-India represents for maximum varieties of tree species. This explains a positive relationship of tree diversity in a pristine habitat of ancient Gondawana land. Besides the geographic variation, we speculate how the most important factors i.e., climate and the soil, responding to varieties of tree species, which differs with other neighbouring states. In a perspective approach the large biomass tree plants absorbing more volume of water, producing more energy and accumulating more toxic chemicals and heavy metals. The appearance of reddish colouration in tree species mostly Shorea robusta (Sal) and its wild relative tree species such as Pterocarpus marsupium and innumerable Terminalia spp explains their adaptive behavior against the metal rich rocks. The purpose of present investigation is to explain identical value and habitat relationship of native tree species accumulating higher percentage of toxic chemicals, heavy metals etc.