article · Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences
A field survey was conducted in Bauchi Local Government Area to identify and collect voucher specimens of aquatic plants across rivers, swamps, and rockpools. Using non-probability sampling methods, the investigation recorded 33 macrophyte species belonging to 19 distinct families. The resulting dataset provides a species checklist and in-situ photography covering both rare and common varieties, such as Ammannia senegalensis. The findings indicate that these aquatic plant communities are under substantial pressure from continuous habitat degradation, expanding urbanisation, road construction, and harmful farming practices. The study emphasises that immediate conservation interventions are required to safeguard aquatic flora, particularly within roadside swamps that are directly threatened by ongoing infrastructural developments.
Aquatic plants are critical components of freshwater environments, but rapid infrastructure expansion and unsustainable farming threaten their survival. Establishing an inventory of macrophyte species provides environmental planners and conservation practitioners with the baseline data needed to identify vulnerable habitats. This evidence allows regional authorities to balance necessary civil development with the preservation of fragile wetland ecosystems.
The abstract does not indicate a direct commercial application pathway. As early-stage botanical inventory research, the primary utility lies in providing baseline ecological data. Environmental consultancies, planning agencies, and civil engineering firms could potentially reference the species checklist when conducting required environmental impact assessments for road and urban infrastructure projects in the region.
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Aquatic plant community consists of a variety of macrophyte organisms. Macrophytes are aquatic plants that grow in or near water, and they can be classified as emergent, submergent, or floating types. The study was conducted in Bauchi Local Government Area to document and compiled voucher specimens of macrophytes. Swamps, rivers, and rockpools are the aquatic ecosystems used for the study. Non-probability sampling method (non-random sampling) was used to document macrophytes. Thirty three (33) species belonging to 19 families were recorded and complied. This study contributes checklist and in-situ photographs including rare and common macrophytes taxa including , Ammannia senegalensis and many more macrophytes taxa. Ongoing habitat degradation, infrastructure developments, urbanization, and bad agricultural practice remains threats to macrophytes and their ecosystems. Conservation measures are needed to save aquatic plants more especially in swamps along roadsides due to ongoing infrastructural developments (Roads construction) and urbanization.
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DOI: 10.4314/dujopas.v11i1d.7
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