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FLORISTIC INVENTORY, ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF RANGELAND, DISTRICT TANK, PAKISTAN

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dc.contributor.author LAL BADSHAH
dc.contributor.author FARRUKH HUSSAIN
dc.contributor.author ZAMAN SHER
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-10T05:56:25Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-10T05:56:25Z
dc.date.issued 2013-08-23
dc.identifier.citation Badshah, L., Hussain, F., & Sher, Z. (2013). Floristic inventory, ecological characteristics and biological spectrum of rangeland, District Tank, Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot, 45(4), 1159-1168. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2070-3368
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15888
dc.description.abstract This study was conducted to assess the floristic composition and its ecological characteristics of District Tank during 2007- 2011 in different seasons. The floristic diversity consisted of 205 species within 56 families. Based on number of species, Poaceae (34 Spp), Papilionaceae (19 Spp), Asteraceae (14 Spp), Chenopodiaceae (10 Spp) and Brassicaceae (9 Spp), Euphorbiaceae (8 Spp), Boraginaceae and Polygonaceae, (each with 7 species) were the leading families. The other families had less than 7 species. Based on the habitat 140 (68.3%) species were growing wild as mesophytes and xerophytes. While 46 species (22.4%) were classified as hydrophytes, 10 species (4.8%) were found both in wet and dry conditions; and 9 species (4.6%) were cultivated for various purposes. There were 24 species (11.7%) with spiny nature. Spinescence is also an indicator of dry soil and environment. Among the perennial species, 19 were deciduous and 83 evergreen. The leaf lamina was simple in 152 species (74.1%), 5 species (2.4%) were leafless, while in the remaining 48 species (23.4%) had compound leaves. Biological spectrum of flora indicated that therophytes followed by hemicryptophytes were dominant. Leaf spectra revealed that nanophylls, leptophylls, microphylls and mesophylls were the most prevalent leaf sizes. Cuscuta reflexa, Capparis decidua, Periploca aphylla, P. calophlla and Equisetum arvense were aphyllous species. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society en_US
dc.title FLORISTIC INVENTORY, ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF RANGELAND, DISTRICT TANK, PAKISTAN en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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