PJB-2018-209
FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF KHWAZAKHELA, DISTRICT SWAT, PAKISTAN
Khaista Rahman
Abstract
The present study was conducted during 2015-2016 to explore the floristic list life form and leaf size spectra of flora of Khwazakhela Swat, Pakistan. The area home to 63 plants species belong to 58 genera and 38 families in which Asteraceae (12.69%, 8 spp) was the leading dominant family followed by Lamiaceae (11.11%, 7 spp), Papilionaceae and Rosaceae (4.76% 3 spp) for each. Four families contributed 2 species for each to the floristic list of the area while the other 26 families were monspecific. Therophyte (23 sp., 36.51%) were dominant followed by nanophanerophytes (13 sp., 20.63%) and chamaephytes (8 sp., 12.70 %). In the assessment of leaf form spectra the dominant leaf form was nanophylls (20 sp., 31.75%) followed by microphylls (17 sp., 26.98%), mesophylls (15 sp., 23.81%) and leptophylls (7 sp., 11.11%).
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