Plant species diversity and crown cover response to regeneration composition in community managed forest

Abstract. Ghimire P, Lamichhane U. 2020. Plant species diversity and crown cover response to regeneration composition in community-managed forest. Asian J For 5: 36-41. The study was carried out assess plant Nawalpur Saraswati (Basamadi) Community Forest of Hetauda Municipality Makawanpur District, Nepal November 2020 December A stratified random sampling method with a total 94 sample plots laid for the study. Altogether 44 belonging 26 families were recorded site, which 23 represented tree category, 14 shrub, 7 herb category. Both Shannon Weiner Simpson's index indicated good floral area. forest dominated by Shorea robusta 396 stem ha-1, followed Terminalia bellerica 29 Lagerstroemia parviflora 25 tomentosa (syn. elliptica) 21 ha-1 respectively. seedling sapling found number seedlings 11,583 ha-1and it 1,896 ha-1. density higher open coverage (seedlings=32625 ha-1; saplings=5033 ha-1) than close (seedlings=13,708 saplings=2,550 ha-1). Therefore, concluded that opening facilitates growth development its associated forests. Furthermore, information generated could be useful predict future trends stand structure order optimize possible management strategies.