Abstract:
Current study focuses on quantitative description of forest vegetation and associated environmental variables of Gohar Abad Valley, District Diamer. Different sizes of quadrats were used to sample the herbs, shrubs and trees. Forest being heterogeneous in vegetation was consisting of conifers and herbaceous angiosperm plant species. Conifers were recorded abundantly from high elevation, i.e. 2600 m to 3200 m. The soil of the forest was sandy loam with pH ranging from highly acidic (4.4) to slightly alkaline (7.13). Angiospermic herbaceous vegetation commonly existed at low elevation in slightly alkaline soil while the pine tree species were present at high elevation in soil having low pH. The organic matter was normal, i.e. 1.1 to 2.23% with 26 to 45% saturation. The potassium contents were 240 to 910 ppm while phosphorous 5-15 ppm. Among the different correlations elevation/saturation was found to be highly significant (p
Page(s):
195-202
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Biologia, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Year: 2015