Richness and distribution of macrophytes in dhariahur beel, islampur, north dinajpur district, west bengal: an approach to phytoecological studies with multivariate analysis

The present research dealing with the analysis of overall distribution, and macrophytic species richness of Dhariahur beel of North Dinajpur district along with the phytoecological studies. A total of 15 macrophytic species belonging to 13 families were recorded. Among these Amaranthaceae and Cyperaceae showed the highest distribution (13%). Therophytes showed the highest dominance (11 species) on the basis of Raunkiaer life form (1934). Helophytes showed highest dominance according to the Cook’s growth form (1996). Multivariate factor analysis have been performed to understand the relationship among the ecological factors.