Volume 25, Issue 75, January - June, 2024

Comparative account and diversity of lower and higher plants in two lakes of Haliyal Taluk, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka

Ningaraj S Makanur, Laxmi I Pyarasabadi, Megha M Mirashi, Vanaja G Patgar, Shreyas Betageri^♦, Kotresha K

Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG and Research Botany, Karnatak University’s, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad-580001, Karnataka, India

^♦Corresponding author
Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG and Research Botany, Karnatak University’s, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad-580001, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

Vascular plant diversity was conducted in the year 2022-2023 of two lakes in Haliyal taluk, Uttara kannada district with some water and soil parameters to show the diversity in two lakes. Totally 100 plant species were recorded in which lower plants and higher plants were differentiated. More species diversity is in Antrolli lake than Guttigere lake. Antrolli lake records 82 species out of 100 species and Guttigere lake records 48 species out of 100 species. 30 species are common in both lakes. 11 species are endemic and others are exotic. One algae is recorded in both the lakes.

Keywords: Antrolli lake, Guttigere lake, Higher plants, Lower plants, Soil parameters

Species, 2024, 25(75), e20s1655

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e20s1655

Published: 09 May 2024