TITLE:
Floral Diversity of Abandoned Mansions and the Influence of Soil Properties on These Unique Vegetations
AUTHORS:
Md. Tahidul Islam, Md. Mahadiy Hasan, Md. Ashikur Rahman Laskar, Subroto K. Das, Tania Sultana
KEYWORDS:
Floral Diversity, Abandoned Area, Soil Properties, Vegetation
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.12 No.10,
October
28,
2021
ABSTRACT: Abandoned land and mansions are always a matter of
curiosity to the human beings. They are treated as haunted places in many
societies. In the present research, three decrepit abandoned mansions from the
southern Bangladesh were investigated to measure their floral diversity,
physico-chemical properties of soil and the soil-plant interrelationship which
is responsible for the diversification of wild flora within the regions. From
Shannon and Simpson diversity indexes, it can be deducted that the floral
diversity within the abandoned mansions has a positive
relationship with their territory size. The high values of Margalef’s and Menhinick’s species richness indexes
confirmed that these areas are a rich source of a large number of plant
species. A great variation in soil physico-chemical properties has been
observed during the analysis. Soil organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus,
potassium & moisture contents were varied significantly from one quadrat to
another in every site. Biplot analysis showed that the distribution of plant
species in abandoned mansions is primarily determined by the
organic matter, pH, moisture and potassium contents of soil. As these factors were present in versatile distribution within the studied
regions, a great number of plants can grow in the same area simultaneously. So
these areas should be protected from human intervention to process natural selection and in
situ conservation of plant species.