Floristic Diversity of Plants in Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Garden of Jalgaon City from Maharashtra

Public gardens are places and recreation in the cities. These are the green patches which gives pleasure as well as pure oxygen to breathe. Jalgaon is located in the North Maharashtra region. It is thickly populated city and population is about 7 million. There are 4 major gardens in the city out of which Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Garden is located near railway station. It is comparatively older garden. Extensive visits are made to this garden for plant diversity studies.The study in this garden shows more number of trees than herbs and shrubs. In total there are 2151 plants belonging to 40 genera of 24 families are present in this garden. Total 306 trees of 25 species of 23 genera, 319 herbs belonging to 2 genera and 2 species, 8 climbers belonging to 3 genera and 3 species. Total 42 species of 40 genera belonging to 24 families of herbs shrubs and trees are present in this garden