Phenological Behaviour Of Five Dominant Tree Species In A Mixed Dry Deciduous Forest Of Orchha, Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh)

Phenological behaviour of five dominant tree species has been studied in a mixed dry deciduous forest of Orchha, Tikamgarh (M.P.). All five tree species bear new foliage in dry months from March to June. The leaf fall was seasonal and various studied tree species shed their leaves at different intervals during study period. The leaf fall period covered the month from last week of September to end of March. The leaf retention period, in present study, exhibited that A. pendula, C. fistula and T. grandis retained fully mature green leaf for three months and three weeks and B. monosperma retained fully mature green leaf for longest period while L. coromendelica retained fully mature green leaf for shortest period. The leafless period of trees illustrated that L. coromendelica stayed leafless longest period. The flowering was found seasonal and various studied tree species had flower at different intervals during study period and fruit fall occurred from December to first week of July in different tree species