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Pachmarhi biosphere reserve forest
The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a non-use conservation area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh state in central India Made by Harshit of Tezpur.
Contents
- Pachmarhi biosphere reserve forest
- Pachmarhi biosphere reserve chameleon
- Geography
- Ecology
- Flora
- Ethnobotany
- Fauna
- References
The conservation area was created in 1999 by the Indian government. UNESCO designated it a biosphere reserve in 2009.
Pachmarhi biosphere reserve chameleon
Geography
The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is located within areas of Hoshangabad, Betul, and Chhindwara Districts in Madhya Pradesh state.in India
The biosphere reserve's total area is 4,926.28 square kilometres (1,217,310 acres). It includes three wildlife conservation units:
Satpura National Park is designated as the core zone and the remaining area of 4401.91 km2, including the Bori and Pachmarhi sanctuaries, serves as the buffer zones.
Ecology
The reserve is composed primarily of forest habitats, and is an important transition zone between the forest species of western and eastern India.
Flora
The forests are dominated by teak (Tectona grandis). They include the westernmost groves of sal (Shorea robusta), which is the dominant tree of eastern India's forests. Other endemic vegetation includes wild mango, silver fern, jamun and arjun.
Ethnobotany
Fourteen ethno-botanical plant species occur in PBR have been studied, which are traded from the selected villages of the buffer zone area of PBR. Different plant parts of these important species are collected by the local people for their own consumption and trade. A part of the reserve vegetation has been studied by Prof. Chandra Prakash Kala, especially with respect to the indigenous uses of the plants.
A total 5 ethno-botanical species such as Acacia nilotica, Anogeissus latifolia, Sterculia urens, Terminalia tomentosa, and Terminalia arjuna are in the collection of gums. With Acacia nilotica and Terminalia tomentosa, the gums ooze out from their branches without needing any cuts on the tree. Anogeissus latifolia, Sterculia urens, and Terminalia arjuna are treated conventionally for collection of gums, by making cuts into the stem.
Fauna
Large mammal species include tigers, leopard, wild boar, gaur (Bos gaurus), chital deer (Axis axis)s, muntjac deers, sambar deer (Cervus unicolor)s, and rhesus macaques.
The endemic fauna includes chinkari, nilgai, wild dogs, the Indian wolf, bison, Indian giant squirrels, and flying squirrels.