Herbs dominate flowering plants in new Assam national park
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27th Jun, 2022
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Context
Herbs dominate the flowering plants in western Assam’s Raimona National Park, one of two newly-upgraded protected areas in the State.
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National Parks in Assam: Raimona, Dehing Patkai, Kaziranga, Manas, Dibru-Saikhowa, Nameri and Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park.
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Key-highlights of the Study
- A total of 24 species of flowering plants were recognised as invasive.
Invasive species
- An invasive species is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native.
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- The five dominant families are
- Poaceae
- Phyllanthaceae
- Orchidaceae
- Malvaceae
- Rubiaceae
- The study yielded a few lesser-known species such as Begonia nepalensis, Osbeckia stellata and Strobilanthes anisophylla, a plant that had not been recorded within the political boundary of Assam earlier.
- Of the 33 species that were put in the RET (rare, endangered and threatened) category, 15 were found to be endangered, five vulnerable and one rare — Flacourtia jangomas.
- A total of 12 species were placed in the “least concern” category.
Raimona National Park
- Raimona, known earlier as Ripu Reserve Forest, was notified in June 2021 as the sixth national park of Assam.
- It is located in Kokrajhar district of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) in lower Assam.
- Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, two of the five notified before it, are World Heritage Sites designated by the UNESCO.
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