Working Plan Officer Special Forest Division Kulgam Prepared By
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OF By: Syed Altaf Gillani (DCF-SG) Working Plan Officer Special Forest Division Kulgam Prepared by: Working Plan and Research Circle Srinagar / Jammu J&K Forest Department Introduction The Special Forest Division Kulgam is a newly created Forest Division, carved out of the Anantnag Forest Division and the Shopian Forest Division in the year 2010. This is the first working plan of the Division. The writer is privileged to write this plan. The Plan was started in June 2013. While framing this working plan, the necessary help has been taken from the previous Working Plans of Kashmir Forest Division and the Pir Panjal Forest Division. In the present plan an attempt has been made to take the modern and recent approach in assessment of the growing stock and other calculations of this Forest Division. The technique of point sampling has been employed in the inventory for evaluating the growing stock. The GPS (Global Positioning System) has been fully utilised for the first time. The compartment boundaries were digitized for the first time with the help of Photo Interpretation Division Srinagar. Other relevant informations have been obtained from local sources to finalize the plan. The Deodar - Kail Conversion Working Circle which was so far managed under shelterwood compartment system in the previous plans, is proposed to be managed under Indian Selection System due to excessive grazing pressure. It is feared that the gap created under shelterwood system may not regenerate and may create permanent blanks in the prevailing situation. The Fir Selection Working Circle shall continue to be managed under Indian Selection System. The Protection Working Circle of the previous Working Plan is renamed as Ecological Conservation Working Circle and is almost identical to it. The Reboisement Working Circle has been retained as such. Further, some other working circles (overlapping) like Wildlife Working Circle, NTFP Working Circle, JFM Working Circle and Eco Tourism Working Circle have been recommended for the involvement and benefit of local people in the scientific management of the forests of this Division. The Protection Working Circle (overlapping) has been constituted to protect the forests of the division which are under high biotic pressure like grazing, illicit felling, encroachment, fire etc. While drafting this plan ‘Kulu Volume Table’ has been used in the assessment of the growing stock. Different appendices are given showing the data about the volume, the number of trees, the growing stock and other features of the Division. During the last 10 to 15 years, the forest policy and management have undergone many changes. The emphasis has been considerably shifted towards environmental conservation rather than revenue realization. The State Forest Policy of Jammu & Kashmir, 2010 was framed to ensure environmental stability by advocating management to conservation oriented rather than use oriented. It is under these changed circumstances that the revision of the working plan for Kulgam Forest Division was taken up in hand. The present working plan gives top priority to secure regeneration, augment vigour, life, etc. to existing forests. (i) The plan would be incomplete if due thanks were not given to all the officers who directly or indirectly helped in compilation of this plan. Sincere thanks to Shri Vasu Yadau (IFS) CF Working Plan, who guided us in framing the plan from time to time. Thanks to PCCF Jammu & Kashmir Forests - Shri A.K. Singh - IFS, CCF Kashmir - Mr. Nisar Ahmad - IFS and CF South - Mr. Zahoor Ahmad Jan - IFS, for their guidance and support. The writer is highly thankful to Miss Shamma Roohi, ACF, Special Forest Division Kulgam & Mr. Farooq Ahmad Mir Trali, Range Officer, who did a commendable job in collection and compilation of field data and in drafting of the plan. The other officials /officers who rendered their services are Messers Mohd Shafi Hakeem, Ab. Rashid Baig, Mir Javid Ahmad & Shabir Ahmad Khawaja (All Foresters from Anantnag Forest Division), Bashir Ahmad Waggey, Farooq Ahmad Bhat (Driver), Riyaz Ah. Padder, Gh. Hassan Allai, Mohd Yousuf Dar & Mohd. Afzal Bhat. I am also thankful to all the staff of Special Forest Division Kulgam especially the ministerial staff who provided the relevant information from time to time. Thanks to Arshid Nazir & Shahzada Akhter (Computer Operators) & Zakir (Peon) from Kulgam Forest Division. Thanks are also due to Mr. Shabir Ahmad Dar (P.I. Division Srinagar) along with his colleagues for his guidance as well as providing the relevant documents, maps etc. I am also thankful to all the field staff and local people who rendered their services and whose names could not be mentioned in the acknowledgment for their support in the final completion of this working plan. Syed Altaf Gillani Working Plan Officer (Divisional Forest Officer) Special Forest Division Kulgam (ii) Glossary of Botanical Terms Common English Elevation Botanical Name Habitat Family Part Used Name Name (m ASL) Abies pindrow 2300- Badul Fir T Pinaceae LE (Royle ex D.Don) Royle 3600 Acer pictum subsp. Mono (Maxim.) Kanzil Painted Maple 2300-3600 T Aceraceae RT H.Ohashi Common Achellia mellifolium (L) Pahl gass 2000-3500 H Asteraceae whole herb yarrow Aconitum Patrees Indian Atees 2500-3200 H Ranunculaceae RS heterophylum (Wall) Adiantum capillus- Venus hair Gewtheer 1500-3000 F Pteridaceae LE Veneris (L) fern Horse- Aesculus indica Colebr Handoon 2000-2800 T Sapindaceae SE & FR chestnut. Ajuga bracteosa wall Bracted Jan-e-adam 1800-3500 H Labiateae whole herb ex.Bth bugleweed SE, FR, & Althaea officinalis L Saz mool Marshmallow 1000-3600 H Malvaceae RT Arisaema jacquemontii Jacquemont's cobra plant 2000-2400 H Araceae RT Blume Cobra-Lily Common Artemisia absinthium L Tethwan 1500-2000 H Asteraceae LE wormwood Black Asplenium venustum L Dade 2100-2700 F Aspleniaceae LE spleenwrt Atropa accuminata Indian Belladona 1800-3600 H Solanaceae RS Royle Balladona Berberis lycium Royle Kaodachh Berberry 2000-2800 S Berberidaceae RT Himalayan Betula utilis D.Don Burza 4000-4500 T Betulaceae. BR Birch Marsh Caltha palustris L Mamiri 1800-3800 H Ranunculaceae RT marigold Canabis sativa L Bhang Hemp 2000-2500 H Cannabaceae LE Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) Himalayan Deodar 2000-2500 T Pinaceae BR G. Don f. cedar Centaurea iberica Iberian Kund 500-1500 H Asteraceae LF, RT,FL Trevir. & Spreng. Starthistle LE & FL, Cichorium intybus L Kasnil hand Chicory 500-2000 H Asteraceae SE, RT Wallich's Cirsium wallichii DC. Kund 1500-3000 H Asteraceae RT thistle Corydalis rutaefolia Corydalis Rosy mauve 1800-2100 H Papaveraceae FL, RT (Sm.) DC., Devils gut/Hell Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. Kukil poat 1200-1400 parasite Convolulaceae whole herb Weed (iii) Common English Elevation Botanical Name Habitat Family Part Used Name Name (m ASL) Cynodon dactylon (L.) Dramun Bahama grass 1500-2000 H Poeceae LE & RS Pers. Datura stramonium L Datur Datura 2000-2200 S Solanaceae LE & FR Euphorbia stracheyi Gud sochal Sun spurge 3500-4800 H euphorbiaceae latex, RT Boiss. Fragaria nubicola Jangli Strawberry 1800-3800 H Rosaceae FR Lindl. ex Lacaita strawberry Geranium Ratan joth Cranes bill 2500-3400 H Geraniaceae RS wallichianum D.Don Hyoscyamus niger L Ajwain Henbane 1800-2500 H Solanaceae SE Indigofera heterantha Himalaya Zand 1800-3000 H Fabaceae BR Wall Indigostrauch Rhizomes Iris ensata Thunb Krisham Japanese iris 1800-2100 H Iridaceae used Mazaar Rhizomes Iris hookeriana Foster posh/Mazaar Hooker's iris 2400-3300 H Iridaceae used mond Juglans regia L Dun Walnut 2000-3000 T Juglandaceae FR & BR Common Elevation Botanical Name English Name Habitat Family Part Used Name (m ASL) Common Juniperus communis L Vethur 2800-3000 S cupressaceae RT juniper Malva neglecta Sochal Honey tree 1900-2800 H Malvaceae whole herb Morchella esculenta Morel Kan-guchh 1800-3800 Fungi Morchellaceae Whole (L.) Pers. mushroom Morina longifolia kund poosh Whorl flower 1200-2500 H Caprifoliaceae whole herb Wallich ex DC Catswort/ Nepeta cataria L Gand soi 220-1820 H Lamiaceae whole herb Catnip Oryzopsis Spp. Grass Smilo grass 1800-2500 H Poaceae Picea smithiana (Wall.) Himalayan Spruce 2400-3600 T Pinaceae WD Boiss. Spruce Pinus wallichiana A. B. Kail Blue pine 2000-2500 T Pinaceae WD & RS Jacks. Platanus orientalis Bouin Platypus 1850-2500 T Ornithorhynchidae BR Wood & Bright smooth Poa pratensis L Gurgass 1500-3300 H Poaceae LE & SE meadowgrass, Podophyllum Himalayan van vangun 2500-3400 H Berberidaceae RS & FR hexandrum Royle mayapple Machran Nepal Bistorta amplexicaulis 1800-2500 H Polygonaceae RT chai knotweed (iv) Common English Elevation Botanical Name Habitat Family Part Used Name Name (m ASL) Populus ciliata Wall. ex Himalayan Phrast 2000-2200 T Salicaceae LE Royle popular Populus nigra L Phrast Black poplar 1200-1400 T Salicaceae BR Prunella vulgaris L Kal viuth Self heal plant 400-1400 H Labiatae whole herb chaair Prunus armeniaca L Apricot 1900-2400 T Rosaceae FR (khubani) Rheum emodi Wall Pambe Rheum 2000-3500 H Polygonaceae RS ex.Meissn chalan Robinia pseudoacacia L Kikar False Acacia 1500-3000 T Fabaceae LE & FL Rosa webbiana L Jangli Rose Sweet briar 1000-3600 S Rosaceae FL, RT Rumex nepalensis Abuj Nepal dock 2000-3500 H Polygonaceae LE Salix alba L Butvir White willow 1900-2400 S Salicaceae LE & BR Salix caprea L Bred mushik Goat willow 1650 -2000 T Salicaceae FL Sambucus wightiana Asian dwarf Fakil/ Elder 1800-2500 S Caprifoliaceae LE & FR Wall. ex. Wight & Arn. elder Black Solanum nigrum L Kambei 1000-1400 H Solanaceae FR nightshade Taraxicum officinalis Icelandic