Plant diversity of wetlands of Surha Tal of District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh

Bhimsen^a*, C.O. Samuel^a, Deepak Kumar Gond^b, Rupendra Kumar Yadav^b & Swapnil Anand^b
aDepartment of Botany, St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur, U.P, India
^bDepartment of Botany, C.M.P. College Prayagraj, U.P, India

Received : 05th December, 2024 ; Revised : 06th January, 2025
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16416638

Abstract– Surha Tal is a large wetland situated in the north of district Ballia near Jannayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia. It is an oval-shaped lake with an area of 34.32 km2 and is located about 10 km north of Ballia city along the river Ganges. This wetland is perennial, shallow containing freshwater and associated with agriculture fields. Surha Tal provides a good deal of favorable habitat to various plant communities and shows diverse type of aquatic life of flora and fauna. Monthly data from December 2023 to March 2024 have been recorded and the plants were classified according to their habit and habitats. The total number of families is 43 comprising 89 Genera and 104 Species. Out of these, 76 species belong to dicot, 25 species belong to monocot and 3 species belong to pteridophytes slightly in upland habitats.

Keywords: Plant diversity, Surha Tal, Wetlands, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh

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