Dissemination:
Researchers will disseminate their findings in a book presenting botanical illustrations, scientific names, and uses of wild species, along with a visualization of clustering systems and their conditions
The project aims to record and study the spontaneous species that come and go seasonally in urban areas in Ahmedabad. The spontaneous species are those annual flora that are not planted by people, frequently neglected and yet are highly persistent and dominant. These would be species that do not make it into urban gardens but instead spread in the tiniest of crevices, along disturbed edges, between tiles of footpaths, in broken pavements, making room not just to exist, but to thrive. In a way, they are everywhere and yet nowhere recognised. They are often seen as pests, and odds of their acceptance in designed gardens is almost nil. A great deal of energy is therefore expended on removing these annuals (called weeds), managing greenery with a preference towards ‘clean’ and deterministic vegetation grain throughout the year.