Grasses are one among the world's most wide spread plant groups, form the fourth largest Angiosperm family, Poaceae with about 10000 species under 660-700 genera. The importance of grasses lies not only in providing sustenance, but also serve humanity in several ways. A study was conducted on the graminaceous flora, as the part of Vegetation ecology of Tadoba National Park (presently constitute Tadoba-Andhari Tiger reserve), Chandrapur, Maharastra, the oldest national park in Maharashtra state, which represented by 103 species of grasses, belonging to 52 genera. The genus Eragrostis is the largest genus with 14 species followed by Digitaria and Aristida with 6 species each. Woody vegetation showed less diversity and density than the herbaceous component. Phytosociological analysis of grass dominated areas revealed that it is a savannah type of vegetation with characters like low species richness of woody elements including shrubs and high species richness of herbaceous elements with higher percentage of grasses. Dominant species were Heteropogon contortus, Chysopogon fulvus, Sporobolus tenassissima. The study revealed that various biotic and edaphic factors play an important role in determining the composition of grasses and modifying their sequence of appearance. Most of the grasslands were subjected to constant pressure of grazing and burning, and therefore did not reach the climax form in response to climate. However, in certain protected pockets, they developed into main type- Sehima-Dichanthium, while in the disturbed areas they were replaced by various subtypes like Sehima-Dichanthium, Chrysopogon-Bothriochloa and Aristida-Erag-rostis subtypes, depending on the degree of disturbance. Grasses have major ecological role in reclamation of an area, owing to their fast regenerating capacity, tolerance to drought and arid conditions

The present paper deals with 81 flowering plants of economic importance other than plants of medicinal value (63 cultivated/introduced and 90 wild) of Buldhana district. The major cash crops grown extensively in the area are Arachis hypogaea L., Gossypium herbaceum L., and Musa paradisiaca L. The cultivated/ introduced plants are arranged according to their uses and wild species have been enumerated alphabetically and for each species correct binomial with authority, basionym wherever needed, family to which it belongs in bracket, local marathi name if any in inverted commas followed by details of uses, collector’s name and number have been provided.

The state of Maharashtra in Western Ghats possesses one of the richest Pteridophytic floras of the country as far as the species diversity is concerned. This paper represents the occurrence of Leptochilus decurrens Bl. forma lanceolatus a new fern generic record in the Fern flora of Maharashtra from Chandoli National Park (Sangali District), India. Details are given of its nomenclature, description, distribution and ecological notes on species are presented in this paper