THE MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY AND IDENTIFICATION OF SAME WOODY PLANT SEEDLING OF DRY EVERGREEN FOREST AT KLONG PHO, HAUY KHA KHENG WLIDLIFE SANCTUARY, CHANGWAT UTHAI - THANI

Abstract

The Morphological study and Identification of some woody plant seedlings of dry evergreen forest at Klong Phu, Hauy Kha Kheng Wildlife Sanctuary. Changwat Uthai-thani were conducted by surveying, seed collections, the plant specimens in the area, botanical identification, morphological descriptions and germination study in the nursery of Department of Forest Biology and Klong Phu Ranger station Based on mode of germination and some morphological characters, classification of seedling types and identification key to genera and species were undertaken. According to the present study, the seedling belong to 28 families, 49 genera, 52 species. Based on the cotyledon characters are 10 types and mode of germination are 3 types. The seedlings are classified into 9 groups respectively. Morphological and function of cotyledons, phyllotaxy of first leaves and characteristic and phyllotaxy of later leaves were taken into consideration. The identification key to 52 seedling species was constucted for field observation.