ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION FOR SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF PLANT RESOURCES OF GADOON HILLS DISTRICT SWABI, PAKISTAN
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2012
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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
Abstract
This dissertation is multi-dimensional including floristic composition,
ecological characterization, ethnobotany, vegetation structure, biomass productivity,
palatability and animal preferences, mineral and nutritional analysis of some forage
plants of GadoonHills, District Swabi, Pakistan during 2009 and 2010. There were 260
plant species belonging to 211 genera and 90 families. Asteraceae, Poaceae, Lamiaceae,
Rosaceae, Papilionaceac, Brasicaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, Polygonaceae and
Caryophyllaceae were important families in the Studied area. Acacia modesta, Acacia
calechu, Butea frondosa and Mallotus Philippensis were the well represented tree
species in tropical deciduous and subtropical zones, while Pinus roxburghii, Quercus
dilatata, Q. incana, Parratiopsis jacquemontiana, Lonicera quinquilocularis,
Cotoneaster bacillaris, Vibernum cotinifolium and Prunus cornuta were common at
high altitude. Viscum album and Korthalsella opuntia were the mistletoe and Cuscuta
reflexa was the only parasite in Gadoon Hills. Shrubslike Carissa Spinarum, Dodonaea
viscosa, Gymnosporia royleana, Justicia adhatoda, Otostegia limbata, Sageretia
theezans and Zizyphus nummularia were encountered at low altitude while Berberis
lycium, Indigofera heterantha and Sarcococa saligna at the temperate zone. Apluda
mutica, Aristida adscensionis, Heteropogon contortus, Chrysopogon aucheri and
Themeda anathera were more or less evenly distributed in the investigated area. Some