62% of trees in rural Gujarat are scattered

AHMEDABAD: The rural tree depend for 2017-18, which found 34.35 crore trees in non-forest areas of rural Gujarat, published that round 62% of trees in the state are present in strips or scattered. The depend published that Central Gujarat and Saurashtra combined together had the 59% of the state’s tree duvet. Of the 34.34 crore trees, Central Gujarat has 30% and Saurashtra has 29%.
The average tree density in non-forest rural areas works out to be 22.38 trees in line with hectare. Of the 33 districts, 14 have a tree density not up to the state average. Officials stated that the primary tree estimation used to be taken up in 2001-02 and the common tree density used to be 14.1 trees/hectare.

Of the state’s 34.35 crore trees, 10.40 crore are in Central Gujarat, 9.84 crore in Saurashtra and Kutch, 7.24 crore in South Gujarat and six.87 crore in North Gujarat.

Officials stated most effective 5% of trees have girths of more than 121cm. Around 38% of the state’s trees have girths of less than 30cm. Some 36% have girths between 61cm and 120cm.

The depend additionally found that 16.10 crore trees belonged to 17 bushes species and six.74 crore were of fruit species. There are 20 different fruit species of trees.

The species with the best possible collection of trees used to be gando bawal (Prosopis juliflora) which accounted for 16.37% of the state’s 34.35 crore trees. Eucalyptus (nilgiri) accounted for 14.34%. Among the fruiting trees, the best possible proportion used to be of mango trees, which make up 6.04% of the state’s trees. Neem trees make up 13.52% of the state’s trees.

The officials stated that the collection of gando bawal trees, which used to be 4.05 crore in 2012 has greater to 5.62 crore in 2017, a 39% increase.


Neem trees account for 31% of Ahmedabad district’s 51.14 lakh trees, adopted by means of gando baval (26%). Khijado and desi bawal made up 17% of the district’s trees. In Ahmedabad, 79% of trees are scattered and most effective 6% are in blocks.


Similarly, Gandhinagar has 1.28 crore trees of which 66% are scattered. In Gandhinagar district, neem trees account for 26%, adopted by means of desi bawal (19%).


Of Rajkot district’s 75.73 lakh trees, gando bawal used to be the one greatest species accounting for 20% all trees. Of the 1.94 crore trees in Vadodara district, eucalyptus accounted for 37%. Of Surat’s 1.39 crore trees, eucalyptus accounted for 27%. A total of 60 species of trees are found in the state.


62% of trees in rural Gujarat are scattered 62% of trees in rural Gujarat are scattered Reviewed by Kailash on May 07, 2018 Rating: 5
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