A taxonomic census of magnoliophytes in an abandoned mine tailing site of Burdwan district, West Bengal

An unreclaimed coalmine overburden site at Belbaid patch, Raniganj, West Bengal was investigated for the documentation of its floristic database. The enumeration of Magnoliophyta (angiosperms) in the study site showed the plant community to be composed of 57 species, of which 82% are dicots and 18% are monocots. The dicots dominated over monocots in terms of their contribution to flora. The ratio of tree, herb and shrub were found to be 4, 44 and 9 respectively. Value of Generic Coefficient of the vegetation in study was 84.21% which speaks of an appreciable taxonomic potential to render stability to the ecosystem. This value is expected in course of time to be progressively escalated to 1. Since the difference between the observed and expected values of generic coefficients is low (15.79), there is a possibility of successful revegetation and restoration of the area studied.