Additions to the floral wealth of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh from Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary

Subramani, S. P.; Kapoor, K. S.; Goraya, Gurinderjit Singh

doi:10.11609/jott.o2845.6427-52

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“…Geographical coordinates and elevation data were collected via a portable Global Positioning System (GPS) device (Garmin eTrex 10 model). The identification of trees that fell within each sampling plot was done with established sources such as the Flora of Himachal Pradesh (Chowdhery and Wadhwa, 1984), the Floristic reconnaissance of Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary (Choudhary and Lee, 2012;Subramani et al, 2014), and the Flora of Haryana (Kumar, 2001). In each sampling plot, all trees with a girth of more than 10 cm were measured for circumference over bark at a height of 1.37 m. The measured values were then converted to diameter by dividing the circumference by 3.14.…”

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Factors influencing tree biomass and carbon stock in the Western Himalayas, India

Kumar,

Patil

et al. 2024

Front. For. Glob. Change

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The assessment of tree biomass and its carbon (C) stock at the local and regional level is considered a crucial criterion for understanding the impact of changing environments on the global carbon cycle. In this context, we selected three sites in the western Himalayas, covering parts of Himachal Pradesh and north-eastern Haryana. Each study site experiences distinct climatic conditions, vegetation types, and elevations. We seek to elucidate the determinants of tree biomass and carbon stock across different forest types in the Western Himalayas. We found that temperate forests contributed the most biomass and carbon stock, with Cedrus deodara attaining the highest values of 782.6 ± 107.9 Mg/ha and 360 ± 49.7 Mg C/ha. In contrast, Quercus leucotrichophora mixed temperate had the lowest 286.6 ± 57.2 and 128.9 ± 25.7 Mg/C ha, respectively. Only a few species, such as Abies pindrow, Cedrus deodara, Quercus floribunda, and Quercus semecarpifolia, accounted for significant biomass and carbon stock. The lower elevation subtropical forests had the highest species richness (8–12 species) and stem density (558.3 ± 62.9 to 866.6 ± 57.7 trees/ha). Furthermore, tree diameter, total basal cover, and height emerged as the strongest predictors of biomass and C stock. The remaining variables showed no significant associations, including species diversity, climatic attributes and elevation. Thus, our study extended the assertion that vegetation composition and structural attributes, apart from climatic and topographic factors, are equally important in determining biomass and C stock in forest ecosystems. Our study indicated that the temperate forests in the western Himalayas possess significant carbon storage and climate change mitigation potential.

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Factors influencing tree biomass and carbon stock in the Western Himalayas, India

Kumar,

Patil

et al. 2024

Front. For. Glob. Change

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“…1). The Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary contains an estimated region of 66.70 km 2 with wide altitudinal arrays from 1,900 to 3,647m and lies in 77°23ʹ32″-77°29ʹ49″E and30°48ʹ37″-30054ʹ39″ N (Anonymous, 2005-2006;Subramani, 2014).…”

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Diversity of ethnomedicinal plants in Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary of district Sirmour of Himachal Pradesh, India

2019

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Himachal Pradesh has a great altitudinal range (300-7,000 masl), with varied species, habitats, communities, populations, and ecosystems. There are more than 3,400 different species of plants are reported to be found in Himachal Pradesh. In the state, excess of thousand plant species identified as aromatic and medicinal appear in temperate forests, Shiwalik hills, alpine and sub-alpine pastures. Majority of the inhabitants in Himachal Pradesh belong to different communities and cultures, with specific traditional knowledge. In the remote areas, especially high-altitude regions are contemporary medical amenities, and therefore tribal and rural society mainly depends on native medicinal plants. Herein, we compiled 41 medicinal plant species belonging to same or different families used by migratory shepherds in Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary of district Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh. This survey will help the medicos, pharmaceutical industry for refining the public healthiness amenities, and maintenance of wild medicinal plant prosperity of the studied zone.

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“…This region has had a long history of botanical explorations and its flora is relatively well documented. The flora of Himachal Pradesh has been studied by a number of workers (Collett 1921;Nair 1977;Chowdhery & Wadhwa 1984;Aswal & Mehrotra 1994;Dhaliwal & Sharma 1999;Singh & Rawat 2000;Kaur & Sharma 2004;Singh & Sharma 2006;Subramani et al 2014;Singh 2018;Singh et al 2019;Sinha et al 2019). Despite detailed surveys and systematic enumeration of flora in different sub-regions, several localities still remain under-explored and fresh collections are lacking for several taxonomically challenging groups.…”

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Three new additions to the flora of Himachal Pradesh, India from Khokhan Wildlife Sanctuary, Kullu District

Sharma,

S. Noorunnisa Begum,

G.S. Goraya

et al. 2023

J. Threat. Taxa

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Chamabainia cuspidata Wight (Urticaceae), Debregeasia orientalis C.J.Chen (Urticaceae), and Hydrocotyle himalaica P.K.Mukh. (Araliaceae) are being reported here as new additions to the flora of Himachal Pradesh, India. All three species were collected from Khokhan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kullu district. Of these, H. himalaica also forms an addition to the flora of western Himalayan region. Detailed description, distribution, information on habitat and colour photographs of all three species are provided for easy identification in the field.

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Additions to the floral wealth of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh from Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary

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Factors influencing tree biomass and carbon stock in the Western Himalayas, India

Factors influencing tree biomass and carbon stock in the Western Himalayas, India

Diversity of ethnomedicinal plants in Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary of district Sirmour of Himachal Pradesh, India

Three new additions to the flora of Himachal Pradesh, India from Khokhan Wildlife Sanctuary, Kullu District

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