DIMENSION AND COMPOSITION OF PLANT LIFE IN TEHSIL TAKHT-E-NASRATI, DISTRICT KARAK, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHAWA, PAKISTAN
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2012
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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
Abstract
The present study was designed to assess plant life structure and resources of
Tehsil Takht-e-Nasrati, District Karak, Khyber Pakhtun Khawa, Pakistan with respect to
local people and their livestock exercise since in the investigated area no such work was
done before. The study revealed that investigated area had 161 plant species belonging to
136 genera and 57 families. There are 7 families of monocotyledons having 21 genera
and 25 species. Dicotyledons had 50 families, 115 genera and 136 species. Overall
Poaceae was the dominant family with 17 species followed by Asteraceae had 13 species.
Phenological data showed that 94 plants were found in flowering condition in spring
which included 19 (11.8%) tree, 11 (6.83%) shrubs, 61 (37.9%) herbs and 3 (1.86%)
parasites. In summer, 28 plants including 1 (0.62%) tree, 3 (1.86%) shrubs, 21 (13%)
herbs and 3 (1.86%) grasses. In winter, 27 plants including 2 (1.24%) trees, 5 (3.11%)
shrubs, 17 (10.6%) herbs and 3 (1.86%) grasses while 12 plants had through out the year
included 4 (2.48%) shrubs, 5 (3.11%) herbs and 3 (1.86%) grasses. The biological
spectrum revealed that therophytes was dominated by 77 plants species (47.83%)