67. Diversity and ecological characteristics of plants at Sardara banda, village Ikram pur (Baizo kharki) district Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)
Abstract
Floral diversity at Ikram pur (Baizo kharki) district Mardan comprised a total of 68 plant species belonging to 63 genera and 34 families. The leading families were Poaceae and Asteraceae having 06 species each (8.82%), Lamiaceae with 05 species (7.35%), followed by Solanaceae and Moraceae having 04 species each (5.88%), Mimosaceae and Apocynaceae having 3 species each (4.41%) while Asclepiadaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Brassicaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Rhamnaceae, Malvaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Papilionaceae and Myrtaceae having 2 species each (2.94%). Rest of 17 families shared 01 species each (1.47%). The dominant life form was therophyte with 20 species (29.41%), followed by nanophanerophyte having 16 species (23.52%), microphanerophyte was represented by 13 species (19.11%), hemicryptophyte 9 species (13.23%), geophytes 6 species (8.82%) and chamaephytes 4 species (5.88%). Dominant leaf size was nanophylls with 36 species (52.94%), followed by microphylls 12 species (17.64%), leptophylls 8 species (11.76%), mesophylls 6 species (8.82%), megaphylls 4 species (5.88%) and aphyllous by 2 species (2.94%). Fifty five plant species (80.88%) were of dry habitate, followed by 8 species (11.76%) in wet and 6 species (8.82%) both dry and wet habitats. In the 68 plants species, 57 were non-spiny and 11 spiny.
Keywords: Ecological charcteristics; Baizo Kharki; Plant diversity
