Live Fence / Bio Fence / Natural Fence - A General List of Plants
As part of our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we are going to see the General List of Plants used in Live / Bio Fence / Natural Fence as well as few Windbreakers. The following list of plants can be utilized for Live / Bio Fence / Natural Fence and some of the large trees can be used as Windbreakers and it will better if the farmer goes for locally available material so as to reduce the expenses. The below list will be updated as and when there are more data available. S.No. Botanical Name Common Name Tamil Name Habit Condition Role 1 Acacia caesia (L.) Willd. Climbing prickly shrub Dried Mechanical barrier 2 Acacia chundra Willd. Small tree Dried / Live Mechanical barrier 2a Acacia Concinna Shikakai, Soap-pod Climbing prickly shrub Live Mechanical barrier 2aa Acacia Mellifera - - - Live Mechanical barrier 2b Acacia nilotica subsp. indica Gum Arabic, Babool ??????? Live Mechanical barrier 2c Acacia nilotica ssp. Tomentosa Tomentose Babool ??????? Live Mechanical barr...