Post monsoon floristic inventory of Nagarparkar, District Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan

Mumtaz Ali Saand

doi:10.19045/bspab.2019.80038

Abstract

Abstract The monsoon rain brings a green carpet of landscape to Thar Desert including Karoonjhar mountains range. We explored Nagarparkar, District Tharparkar, Sindh to record post monsoon botanical inventory of the region. The study confirmed 89 plant species of 26 plant families. The vegetation was dominated by Poaceae (18 spp.) and Fabaceae (15 spp.) families. About two third of the families were represented by single species. The vegetation was rich with grasses and herbs making about 60% of the species while the rest includes tress shrubs and subshrubs. The lifespan analysis revealed the dominance of perennials. The life form spectrum shows the abundance of Phanerophytes (30%), Chamaephyte (28%) and Therophyte (25%) across the region. The present study demonstrates vegetation variations triggered by monsoon down pours and indicates the presence of various microhabitats in the study area. The current inventory would be useful for further ecological studies and conservation of species and habitats. These records would help to detect invasive species, their distribution and other environmental impacts on plant species in future. Keywords: Floristic inventory; Life form; Life-span, Nagraparkar; Plant habits; Thar Desert http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2019.80038

Highlights

The valuable species which provides information about data records compiled through floras could plant biodiversity of any specific be utilized for future reference [2]
Description of local and regional species but Pakistan is rich in floristic diversity and offer the evidence of plant phenology, consists around 5,700, both indigenous and invasion of new species and vegetation alien, plant species of vascular plants [10]
This study was conducted to record the post monsoon floristic inventory of the area to observe plant biodiversity of Nagarparkar which is the part of Thar Desert, Sindh, Pakistan

Summary

Research Article

Post monsoon floristic inventory of Nagarparkar, District Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan. Mumtaz Ali Saand , Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar, Naeema Khatoon Khaskheli, Khalil Ahmed Ansari, Shakeel Ahmed Khaskheli, Muhammad Mahmood-ur-Rehman Jamro and Muzafar Hussain Sirohi2*

Introduction change on regional vegetation and the

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