Biodiversity in Rivers and Canals

 The forest though a deserted cover of vegetation, provides supporting ecology to

Vijayawada as a “Green Lung”.  Flora - 400 taxa (75 families, 233 genera)

Table 20.10: Diversity of Flora

Source- 8 Horticulture Department Report

Figure 20.24: Fauna Diversity in Vijayawada Source: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Research Papers

Biodiversity in Rivers and Canals

 Rivers conserve at around 41 species of fish & 29 species of larvivorous fish from 6 orders, 14 families and 20 genera.  2% & 2.6% species are Critically Endangered & vulnerable