Vol. 8, Issue 2 (2019)

Author(s):
Nitika Sharma and Mohinder Singh

Abstract:
The plants of L. leucocephala, T. ciliata and D. sissoo raised from seeds collected from different sites in Baddi Barotiwala and Nalagarh industrial area of Himachal Pradesh (situated at an altitude of 422-448 m above mean sea level and between 30⁰55’ to 31⁰02’ N latitude and 76⁰42’ to 76⁰49’ E longitude) were studied for different growth parameters. The study area The BBN region of Himachal Pradesh comes under low hills zone and broad leaved tree species are dominant vegetation. Lowest values of all the growth parameters were recorded from National Highway 21-A site which was most polluted area followed by Baddi Barotiwala link road, Kalka Charnia link road and Control site.