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

• Main Authors: S.P. Subramani, K.S. Kapoor, G.S. Goraya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2014-10-01
• Series: Journal of Threatened Taxa
• Subjects: Additions; Churdhar; flora; Himachal Pradesh; protected area; Sirmaur
• Online Access: http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1619

A total of 352 species of phenerogams comprising 251 dicotyledons, 97 monocotyledons and four species of gymnosperms belonging to 85 families collected from Nohra Forest Block of Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary, District Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh are reported as additions to the district.  This includes 13 threatened species under different Red List assessments, both global and regional and 35 species are endemic to western Himalaya.