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Research paper Botanica Pacifica. A journal of plant science and conservation 2014. 3(2): 35-46. Article first published online: 15 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.17581/bp.2014.03204 Phytogeography and Invasion Spread of Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King et H. Rob. in the Western Himalaya, India Gautam Mandal, Shambhu P. Joshi Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, DAV (PG) College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Habitat suitability assessment of Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King et H. Rob. from Himalayan forests reveals that both native and exotic species were frequently growing as associates with this invasive species. Annuals were found to be outnumbered by the perennials in all the study sites. C. odorata and Lantana camara L. were the only invasive species to be found common in all the sites with high values of Importance Value Index giving wide amplitude to the growth of C. odorata in broad variety of habitats as it was found growing well in all types of climatic conditions including moist, mesic, dry and cold. The pH was found acidic in all the invaded sites further arguing that C. odorata is more adapted in acidic soil than non acidic soil. C. odorata population was found increasing the soil fertility by enhancing the soil nutrient content such as K, P, Mg, Ca, N, SOM and reducing the bulk density. This further provided the possible corridor to the invasion of other noxious weeds such as Lantana camara L., Parthenium hysterophorus L. and Ageratum conyzoides L. Мандал Г., Джоши Ш. Фитогеография и инвазионное распространение Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King et H. Rob. в Западных Гималаях, Индия. Оценка пригодности местообитаний Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King et H. Rob. из гималайских лесов показывает, что и местные и заносные виды часто формируют сообщества с этим инвазивным видом. Было обнаружено, что однолетние виды превосходили многолетники в сообществах C. odorata на всех исследованных участках. C. odorata и Lantana camara L. были единственными инвазивными видами с высокими показателями индекса ценотической значимости, встречающимися на всех исследованных участках в широком спектре экологических и климатических условий, включая влажные, мезофильные, сухие и холодные местообитания. Почвы обследованных участков характеризовались низкими значениями pH, что дает основания полагать высокую приспособленность C. odorata к кислым почвам. Популяции C. odorata повышали численность на плодородных почвах c высокими концентрациями K, P, Mg, Ca, N, SOM, характеризующихся низкой объемной плотностью. 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