DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2015.v03i06.007

Pages: 536-540

A quantitative tree survey was conducted to record density, species richness and diversity of trees in a sacred grove-tropical dry deciduous forest, Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, south India. All trees ≥10 cm girth at breast height (gbh.; 137 cm from the ground) was measured. In all, 26 species belonging to 25 genera and 16 families recorded from study area. This study recorded 16.72 m2 ha-1 basal area of trees in study area. The study area had the Shannon diversity index H = 2.83; Shannon equitability index H’ = 0.87, and Simpson dominance index D = 0.08. Density, species richness and diversity of trees recorded in study area are low, equal as well as high compared to tropical forests elsewhere.