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The Victoria Park is a natural thorn forests but
this patch of forest is within the limit of city.
Gorad, a small but main tree of Saurashtra
forest, has very high population in the forest.
The tree composition in Bhavnagar changes
with inclusion of Victoria Park. To know the
Urban Trees, it is necessary to exclude trees of
Victoria Park.
The distribution pattern of about 4.76 lakh trees
in Bhavnagar has been given in above graph.
There are about 1,165 large trees having girth
above 250 cm. Neem (491 trees), Vad (142
trees) Pipal (147 trees), Pipado (72 trees) and
mango have good number of large trees.
Gorad is the main species in Victoria Park but its
population is low in the city area. Black saline
Victoria Park
Fig. 6
soil in Bhavnagar is very suitable for
Prosopis
chilensis
. As a result, this species naturally grow
in the available space in the city.
A total of 160 species of trees have been counted
in Bhavnagar urban area. Maximum diversity
occurs in Victoria Park. This reserve forest is
an important urban forest for the people, as it
improves the urban life in the city. Victoria Park
is also an important patch of thorn forest for the
nesting of birds.
Conclusion;
Tree cover is very good and it is
above the norm. Victoria Park may be preserved
as natural forest and may be managed as
educational and recreation area. The attempt
should be done to maintain greenery and also to
improve to some extent by taking up plantations
every year.
