Volume : 2, Issue : 6, JUN 2016

NATURAL OCCURENCE OF PLANT SPEICES ON BANKOLA AREA OF RANIGANJ COALFIELD, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Debalina Kar, Debnath Palit

Abstract

A study was undertaken to report the natural occurrence of plant species on 6 years old coal mine spoils at Bankola coal mine of Raniganj coalfield, India. Bankola site was mostly dominated by herbaceous species followed by shrub and tree species. Several vines found, but the numbers were very poor. The Fabaceae family dominate over all the natural vegetation along with Asteraceae on coal mine spoil at the site.

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