Floral Diversity of the various wetlands and its associated area of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, January 2021.

Swapna Biswas; Anupam Khan; Balaram Panja; Samik Jana; Anushka Chakraborty; Nivedita Sengupta; Tarak Samanta; Arjan Basu Roy; Lina Chatterjee; Vijay Barve

doi:10.15468/g9zcf8

Floral Diversity of the various wetlands and its associated area of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, January 2021.

Citation

Biswas S, Khan A, Panja B, Jana S, Chakraborty A, Sengupta N, Samanta T, Basu Roy A, Chatterjee L, Barve V (2023). Floral Diversity of the various wetlands and its associated area of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, January 2021.. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/g9zcf8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-13.

Description

The Nature Mates Nature Club has released a dataset entitled "Floral Diversity of the various wetlands and its associated area of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, January 2021." The Purba Medinipur district's Kanai Chatta, Haripur, Shyam Rai, Jhaugerya, Nature Trail Park, Nijkashba, and Bajkul Forest Office are included in this dataset. Eastern coastal plains and the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain both include the Purba Medinipur district. The district's topography may be broken down into two distinct regions: the nearly flat plains on the west, east, and north, and the coastal plains on the south. Alluvium, which is made up of younger and coastal alluvial, is what generated the enormous stretch of land. The district's elevation is about 10 meters above mean sea level. Along its southern and south-eastern borders, the district has a 65.5 km long coastline. This dataset includes wetlands, coastal areas, and other types of habitats. A list of all the plants identified during a biodiversity survey carried out in January 2021 is included in the dataset. Species or genus-level identifications have been made for every species. There are 271 plant species total, with records of them in 80 different families and 36 different orders. We appreciate the opportunity to work and the support of the forest department.

Purpose

To study the floral diversity around the various bird habitats of Purba medinipur

Sampling Description

Study Extent

This dataset covers the areas Kanai Chatta,Haripur, Shyam Rai, Jhaugerya, Nature Trail Park, Nijkashba, Bajkul Forest Office which lies in Purba Medinipur district.

Sampling

Random Sampling The equipment used in this study includes the binocular Olympus (10*50 DPS I) and the Nikon Coolpix P900, P600, and B600. The data that was observed was documented in the field notebook.

Method steps

Direct observation,Field notes,Photography

Taxonomic Coverages

Species or genus-level identifications have been made for every species. There are 271 plant species total, with records of them in 80 different families and 36 different orders

Plantae
common name: Plant rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Kanai Chatta, Haripur, Shyam Rai, Jhaugherya, Nature Trail Park, Nijkashba, Bajkul Forest Office which lies in Purba Medinipur district.

Bibliographic Citations

Krishen, P. (2006). Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide. India: Dorling Kindersley (India). -
Krishen, P. (2013). Jungle Trees of Central India: A Field Guide for Tree Spotters. India: Penguin Books. -
https://naturematesindia.org/product/common-mangroves-of-sundarban/ -

Contacts

Swapna Biswas
originator
position: Section In charge, Flora
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: biswas.swaapna@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.naturematesindia.org/

Anupam Khan
originator
position: DFO
West Bengal Forest Department
West Bengal
IN
email: anupamwbfs@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2830-1862

Balaram Panja
originator
position: ADFO
West Bengal Forest Department
West Bengal
IN
email: balarampanja@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1095-8869

Samik Jana
originator
position: Range Officer
West Bengal Forest Department
West Bengal
IN
email: samikjanaofficial@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2281-9733

Anushka Chakraborty
originator
position: Research associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
homepage: http://www.naturematesindia.org/

Nivedita Sengupta
originator
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: niveditasngpta.ns@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-7385

Tarak Samanta
originator
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: taraksamanta995@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6809-0549

Arjan Basu Roy
originator
position: Secretary
Nature Mate-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
Telephone: 98743 57414
email: basuroyarjan@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562

Lina Chatterjee
originator
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: lina.linachatterjee@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5046

Vijay Barve
originator
position: Research Advisor
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567

Lina Chatterjee
metadata author
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: lina.linachatterjee@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5046

Nivedita Sengupta
metadata author
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: niveditasngpta.ns@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-7385

Vijay Barve
metadata author
position: Research Advisor
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567

Nivedita Sengupta
user
email: niveditasngpta.ns@gmail.com

Arjan Basu Roy
administrative point of contact
position: Secretary
Nature Mate-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
Telephone: 98743 57414
email: basuroyarjan@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562

Lina Chatterjee
administrative point of contact
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: lina.linachatterjee@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5046