Research Article

Studies on the Food and Feeding Habits of Swamp Deer (Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) in Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Table 1

The principal food plant species, in which habitat it occurs, and major categories of food plants of swamp deer in Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve.

Food plant speciesFamilyType of food plantHabitat category

Coix lachryma-jobi PoaceaeGrassSwamp
Cynodon dactylon PoaceaeGrassDry grassland
Cyrtococcum accrescens PoaceaeGrassSwamp
Echinochloa colona PoaceaeGrassCropland
Imperata cylindrica PoaceaeGrassDry grassland
Oplismenus compositus PoaceaeGrassMoist deciduous forest
Oryza sativa PoaceaeGrassCropland
Paspalidium flavidum PoaceaeGrassMoist deciduous forest
Paspalum conjugatum PoaceaeGrassCropland
Paspalum scrobiculatum PoaceaeGrassSwamp
Phragmites karka PoaceaeGrassSwamp
Polypogon fugax PoaceaeGrassCropland
Saccharum officinarum PoaceaeGrassCropland
Saccharum spontaneum PoaceaeGrassSecondary scrub
Setaria glauca PoaceaeGrassDry grassland
Vetiveria zizanioides PoaceaeGrassDry grassland
Carex myosurus CyperaceaeSedgeSwamp
Cyperus brevifolius CyperaceaeSedgeSwamp
Cyperus cyperoides CyperaceaeSedgeSwamp
Fimbristylis dichotoma CyperaceaeSedgeSwamp
Fimbristylis miliacea CyperaceaeSedgeSwamp
Desmodium triflorum FabaceaeHerbSecondary scrub
Medicago lupulina FabaceaeHerbSecondary scrub
Melilotus indica FabaceaeHerbCropland
Trifolium alexandrinum FabaceaeHerbCropland
Trifolium tomentosum FabaceaeHerbCropland
Blainvillea acmella AsteraceaeHerbSwamp
Parthenium hysterophorus AsteraceaeHerbMoist deciduous forest
Silybum marianum AsteraceaeHerbMoist deciduous forest
Xanthium strumarium AsteraceaeHerbSwamp
Typha angustifolia TyphaceaeAquatic floraSwamp
Typha elephantina TyphaceaeAquatic floraSwamp