India, Jan. 27 -- As they grow among rocks, the flora faces a harsher environment compared to other species growing elsewhere

Researchers from Pune have discovered a low-level basalt plateau, an isolated flat-topped steep hill, in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra. The researchers have also recorded 76 plant species belonging to 24 families and registered a floristic inventory which they claim to be important from the conservation point of view, considering the rampant urbanisation.

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The discovery was from Manjare village and the details of the same were published in National Academy Science Letters in December 2022.

Aboli Kulkarni, the lead author of the st...