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Vegetation Structure, Classification and Distribution Patterns of Latamber and its Outskirts, District Karak, Pakistan


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1 Department of Botany, University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
2 Department of Microbiology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
3 Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
4 Marine Reference Collection and Resource Center (MRCC), University of Karachi, Karach, Pakistan
     

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The present research work was carried out in September and October 2013 to analyze the vegetation of Latamber and its outskirts of District Karak by quadrate method. The research area was divided mainly into three stands keeping in view the morphology and edaphic factors of the research area.1. Plain area, 2. Floody sandy area and 3.Mountain area. The plain area was analyzed by quadrate method and taken forty quadrates and the dominant community was Cynodon-Nerium-Community on the basis of important value index. In the floody sandy area total thirty quadrates were thrown randomly and the dominant community was Eucalyptus-Saccharum-Community on the basis of important value index. The vegetation of mountain area was analyzed also by using total thirty quadrates which show the dominant community of Cymbopogon-Nerium-Community on the basis of important value index. After completing the whole vegetation analysis of the area; it was concluded that the community Cynodon-Nerium found to be the most dominant in plain area with 28.83 % Cynodon dactylon and 25.55 % Nerium indicum, while in the mountain area the dominant community was Cymbopogon nerium with this percentage, Cymbopogon distense 30.63 % and Nerium indicum 27.37 %. Similarly the floody sandy area was dominated by Eucalyptus-Saccharum-community with 30.63 % eucalyptus species and 29 % Saccharum spontanum.

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Vegetation Analysis, Quadrate Method, Latamber, Karak.
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Authors

Iram Gul
Department of Botany, University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
Rehman Ullah Khan
Department of Botany, University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
Sultan Mehmood
Department of Botany, University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
Saad Ullah Khan
Department of Botany, University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
Shahzeb
Department of Botany, University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
Sikandar Khan Sherwani
Department of Microbiology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Sakina Mussarat
Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
Sakina Mussarat
Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
Muhammad Uzair Khan
Marine Reference Collection and Resource Center (MRCC), University of Karachi, Karach, Pakistan

Abstract


The present research work was carried out in September and October 2013 to analyze the vegetation of Latamber and its outskirts of District Karak by quadrate method. The research area was divided mainly into three stands keeping in view the morphology and edaphic factors of the research area.1. Plain area, 2. Floody sandy area and 3.Mountain area. The plain area was analyzed by quadrate method and taken forty quadrates and the dominant community was Cynodon-Nerium-Community on the basis of important value index. In the floody sandy area total thirty quadrates were thrown randomly and the dominant community was Eucalyptus-Saccharum-Community on the basis of important value index. The vegetation of mountain area was analyzed also by using total thirty quadrates which show the dominant community of Cymbopogon-Nerium-Community on the basis of important value index. After completing the whole vegetation analysis of the area; it was concluded that the community Cynodon-Nerium found to be the most dominant in plain area with 28.83 % Cynodon dactylon and 25.55 % Nerium indicum, while in the mountain area the dominant community was Cymbopogon nerium with this percentage, Cymbopogon distense 30.63 % and Nerium indicum 27.37 %. Similarly the floody sandy area was dominated by Eucalyptus-Saccharum-community with 30.63 % eucalyptus species and 29 % Saccharum spontanum.

Keywords


Vegetation Analysis, Quadrate Method, Latamber, Karak.