A checklist of the vascular plants of tehsil Shakargarh district Narowal, Pakistan
2008
Khan, Z. (Government Coll. Univ., Lahore (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany) | Sardar, A.A. (Government Coll. Univ., Lahore (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany)
The present work is based on the results of one year intensive survey and study of plants in Tehsil Shakargarh District Narowal. The area covered has been delimited by the state boundaries, although the vegetation of the neighbouring regions, now belonging to Jammu Kashmir and India has also been investigated to some extent. The vegetation of Shakargarh presented two distinct seasonal aspects; (i) the summer and winter aspect when most of the trees and shrubs flowered and the soil was devoid of any ground cover; (ii) the rainy season aspect when the vegetation was at its best. The soil which was bare between the trees and shrubs was covered by a vivid green carpet of short lived vegetation during this season. As a result of several trips of the area, it was possible to collect most of the plants of the area, i.e. 317 plant species. Including 240 (76%) dicotyledons, 68 (21%) monocotyledons 68 (21). 5 Pteridophytes and 4 of Gymnosperms. The families were arranged according to Bentham and Hooker's "Genera Plantarum". Family Poaceae was found to be the largest in size with 32 species while Asteraceae was the second largest with 31 species.
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