Lantana

Subject – Environment

Context – Plans afoot to uproot lantana from BRT reserve, Bandipur

Concept –

It is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae.
They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region, South and North-eastern part of India.
Some species are invasive, and are considered to be noxious weeds, such as in South Asia, Southern Africa and Australia.
It is generally deleterious to biodiversity and is an agricultural weed.
Lantana is toxic for most livestock to graze.

Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve

Situated between the Western and Eastern Ghats the BiligiriRangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve is based in south eastern Karnataka, at the border of Tamil Nadu.
It has been named after the Rangaswamy temple that is embellished with a whitish rock at the helms of the sanctuary.
It was declared as a protected reserve in the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
This unique sanctuary exhibits scrub, dry deciduous, moist deciduous, evergreen, semi evergreen and shola forests.
It is widely known for its many endemic species of plants including valuable medicinal ones.

Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Please refer August 2021 DPN to know about it.