Abstract: Generally soil characteristics made up of two properties namely physical like soil moisture, soil texture and chemical like soil organic carbon, soil pH, nitrogen, available phosphorus and micronutrients (trace elements Cu, Fe, Mn & Zn) to be important to forest productivity. This study was aimed to investigate soil health analysis for wildlife habitat improvement like shelter and food, forest productivity, appropriate plantation, grassland and describe the forest soil of Mathwad forest range Alirajpur District Madhya Pradesh India. A total of 30 soil samples were collected from different forest compartments of the study area with their GPS coordinates and analyzed physical and chemical properties according to standard procedures. Results shows that organic carbon soil varies from 0.96 to 2.38 which was medium to high and equivalent to 1.66 to 4.10 per cent organic matter and nitrogen, phosphorous contents all the soil samples were in optimum level. The soil pH optimal for the health of most plants N, P, and K were in adequately quality for the growth and development of forest plants. Although the soil contains high quality of micro nutrients, the availability will not be in toxic level because of the natural pH.
Keywords: Mathwad, Tribals, Soil, NPK, Vegetation pH, Organic carbon, soil texture, Micronutrient.
Title: Physical and Chemical Properties of Soil: Indicator of Forest Health and Ecosystem of Mathwad range
Author: Anjana Rajput, S.S. Yadav, Prashant
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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