College of Wildlife Resource, Northeast Forestry University, China
 Research Article   
								
																Quantifying the Estimation and Abundance of Plant Diversity of Shigar Valley, Gilgit -Baltistan, Pakistan 
																Author(s): Saif Ullah, Muhammad Zaman, Liu Jiaqi, Yaseen Khan, Shakir Ullah and Tian Gang*             
								
																
						 The  studies were carried out from July 2017 to March 2018 in Shigar valley  different Union Councils. The area lies between 7444 feet to 11694 feet from  Above sea level in the Alpine zone including, Niali Nallah, Laxar Nallah,  Nallah, Markuja union, Marapi union, Chorkah union, Gulapur. The study sites  were randomly selected based on (1) herbs or shrubs land on the field  periphery, (2) open grassland and arable land associated with sparse vegetation  on rocks, stones, (3) forest land and open lands associated with sparse tree  vegetation catchment of river and (4) forest land and arable land associated  with dunes and rocky terrain. The quadrate method was used to record of  vegetation from the selected study sites. A total of 59 plants species both  medicinally and economically important were recorded at four study sites of  CKNP and revealed that 30 herbs followed by 14 trees, .. View more»