Diversity of Grasses in Balaghat District, Central India

The Gramineae (Poaceae) is the most widely distributed and is in greater abundance than any other group of flowering plants. Species belonging to this family are usually known as grasses. Grasses are distributed in various climates, Soils and elevations on the surface of the glove. They have been recorded in marshes, deserts, prairies and woodland, on sand, rock and fertile, alpine and saline soils from tropics to the Polar Regions and from sea level to altitudes of perpetual snow. In the present study, We did taxonomic survey of grass species in Balaghat District of Central India. The grasslands of Central India got immense importance because these hold highest tiger population in the world and consequently a large number of deer species like spotted Deer and Sambar.