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Abstract The study of the plant species Vanathirayapattinam forest of Ariyalur district, TamilNadu was explored for the floristic studies and life form spectrum. It covers an area 8 ha. Totally 112 Angiosprmic plant species represented by 91 genera belonging to 47 families and the habit wise distribution of plants species dominance of Herb 33 (29.46%) followed by Shrub 29 Species (25.89%), Trees 26 Species (23.21%), Climber 15 Species (13.39%), Straggler 7 Species (6.25%) and Twiner, Vine each 1 Species (0.89%) were recorded. The life form spectrum revealed the dominance of Phanerophytes (53.57%) and these were followed by the Therophytes (38.39%), Chameophytes (4.46%), Cryprophytes (2.68%), and Hemicryptophytes (0.89%). Phanerophytes were found higher than the normal biological spectrum which indicated the study area prevailing environment. Some rare plants have confined to these forests. Soil Physico-chemical parameter was analysed.