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PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018 | PRINT ISSN No 2250-1991 21 Evolvulus alsinoides Convolvulaceae Herb July- Plate 01: Habitat showing variation in Psammophytic plants Linn. November from study area (Mahim Beach) 22 Evolvulus Convolvulaceae Herb July- nummularius Linn. December 23 Ficus hispida Linn. Urticaceae Tree April-July

24 Heliotropium Boraginaceae Herb October- marifolium Retz. August 25 Hemidesmus indicus Asclepiadaceae Twiner July-May Linn. 26 Hyptis suaveolens Labiatae Herb November- Poit January 27 Indigofera cordifolia Fabaceae Herb July- Heyne. December 28 Indigofera Fabaceae Herb October- enneaphylla Linn. December 29 Ipomoea biloba Convolvulaceae Herb September- Forsk. November 30 Ipomoea pes-tigridis Convolvulaceae Twiner September- Linn. November 31 Ipomoea triloba Convolvulaceae Twiner May-August Linn. 32 Justicia simplex Acanthaceae Herb September- D.Don. December 33 Lantana camara Verbenaceae Shrub Throughout Linn. the year 34 Launaea sarmentosa Asteraceae Herb July-January Willd. 35 Leonotis nepetiifolia Labiatae Herb October- Linn. February 36 Leucas stricta Benth. Labiatae Herb August - January 37 Ocimum Labiatae Herb September- americanum Linn. February 38 Oplismenus Poaceae Herb September- burmanni Beauv. October 39 Pedalium murex Pedaliaceae Herb September- Linn. January 40 Peristrophe Amarantaceae Herb October- bicalyculata Nees. December 41 Plumbago zeylanica Plumbaginacea Herb August- Linn. e November 42 Prosopis juliflora Fabaceae Shrub February- Swartz. May A B 43 Psilostachys sericea Amarantaceae Herb October- Hook. January 44 Salvadora Salvadoraceae Shrub November- persicaLinn. February 45 Sesuvium Ficoideae Herb November- portulacastrum Linn. December 46 Setaria pumila Poir. Poaceae Herb June- October 47 Sida corifolia Linn. Malvaceae Herb October- November 48 Spermacoce hispida Rubiaceae Herb September- C D Linn. October 49 Spinifex squarrosus Poaceae Herb October- Linn. November 50 Tephrosia strigosa Fabaceae Herb July-May Dalz. 51 Trichodesma Boraginaceae Shrub August- indicum R.BR. November 52 Tridax procumbens Asteracece Herb Throughout Linn. the year E F 53 Urginea indica Liliaceae Herb April-May Kunth. 54 Xanthium Asteraceae Herb October- Plate 02: A: Oplismenus burmanni Beauv. strumarium Linn. February B: Tephrosia strigosa Dalz. C: Psilostachys sericea Hook. 55 Zornia diphylla Linn. Fabaceae Herb August- D: Setaria pumila Poir. E: Pedalium murex Linn. October F: Heliotropium marifolium Retz. www.worldwidejournals.com 225 PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018 | PRINT ISSN No 2250-1991 Graph 01: Distribution and comparison of species into families.

Graph 02: Habit wise comparison among species.

Plate 03:G: Plumbago zeylanica Linn. H: Trichodesma indicum R.BR. I:Elusine aegytiaca Desf. J: Indigofera cordifolia Heyne. K: Eragrostis ciliaris Linn. L: Sida corifolia Linn. Graph 03: Dominant Families in Psammophyte

3. Result and Conclusion Exploration in different season has eventually resulted in documenting 55 species of wild flora belonging to 52 genera of 21 families that flourishes on sandy soil. Enumeration of psammophytic flora is presented in Table no 01. Graph 01 shows distribution of species in different families with comparison. Graph 02 shows habit wise comparison among 55 species and Graph 03 reflects the dominant families and species found growing on Mahim beach. The Fabaceae family was most common and dominant with 9 species followed by Poaceae 6, Convolvulaceae 6, Asteraceae 5, Labiatae 5 and Amaranthacea 4. Plant species like Alternanthera triandra Lam., Aleuropus lagopoides Linn., Evolvulus nummularius Linn., Launaea sarmentosa Willd., Elusine aegytiaca Desf., and Ipomoea biloba Forsk., are growing prostrate and develops roots at node that helps to bind the sandy soil hence Plate 04: M: Ipomoea biloba Forsk. N: Launaea sarmentosa Willd. it acts as a good sand binder and conserves soil. Due to a number O: Leucas stricta Benth. P: Crotalaria medicaginea Lamk. Q: of tourist activities in Kelwe beach and indiscriminate clearing in Spermacoce hispida Linn. R: Ipomoea pes-tigridis Linn the impression of aesthetics many patches of Psammophytic floral

226 www.worldwidejournals.com PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018 | PRINT ISSN No 2250-1991 cover are wiped out which has posed a threat to the growing Psammophytic flora. Psammophyte are very sensitive ecological group and intrusion leads to destruction of valuable floral diversity. Mahim beach lies next to the most popular and tourist attractive Kelwe beach and there is every possibilities of flora getting uprooted. Plants that are in abundance may soon be counted as endangered and rare. Strategies of conservation will only prove as a boon to protect psammophytes growing on Mahim beach. Our work is an attempt to document flora of importance from Mahim beach.

Acknowledgements Authors are thankful to the Principal and Management of the S.D. Arts, V.S. Apte Commerce and M.H. Mehta Science College for providing facilities to carry out the entire research work.

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