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Pak. J. Bot., 46(6): 1945-1954, 2014. |
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FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF SANTH SAROOLA, KOTLI SATTIAN, RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN
HUMAIRA SHAHEEN, RAHMATULLAH QURESHI*, IRAM ZAHRA, MUBASHRAH MUNIR AND MUHAMMAD ILYAS
Abstract: The objective of present study was to record the existing flora of Santh Saroola, Kotli Sattian, Pakistan. For this purpose, field surveys were conducted in August 2009 to July, 2010. A total of 186 plants species belonging to 148 genera and 63 families were identified. The largest number of species was contributed by Poaceae (24 spp., 12.90%), followed by Asteraceae with 20 species (10.75%), Fabaceae (16 spp., 8.60%), Euphorbiaceae (8 spp., 4.30%), Lamiaceae & Solanaceae (7 spp., 3.76% each) and Brassicaceae (6 spp., 3.23%); while rest of 56 families possessed species with the range of 1-5. With reference to life forms, Therophytes were found very frequent in terms of flora (45.99%), followed by Phanerophytes (29.95%), Hemicryptophytes (18.18%), Chaemophytes (4.81%) and Cryptophytes (1.07%). Most of the plants present in this area were herbaceous (89) natured, follow by shrub (38), grasses (24), trees (17) and climbers (11).
Key words: Floristic diversity, Santh Saroola, Kotli Sattian, Life forms.
Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. *Corresponding authors e-mail: rahmatullahq@yahoo.com, rahmatullahq@uaar.edu.pk |
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