Claim · model-written summary
About 32% of species were used for food.
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Verbatim
e0“about 38% species use in medicinal purposes, 32% species used for edible purposes and 33% use as various purposes.”
t0“Forest Vegetation”
Title
Abhay Bahuguna; P. C. Phondani; Vikram S. Negi; et al. OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) 2010
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Observation The watershed contained 45 tree, 09 shrub and 32 grass and herb species.
- Observation The watershed contained 09 shrub species.
- Observation The watershed contained 32 grass and herb species.
- Observation Adina cordifolia dominated with IVI 66.26.
- Observation Quercus incana was a woody associate with IVI 26.74.
- Observation Pinus roxburghii was a woody associate with IVI 14.64.
- Observation Tree layer diversity was 3.16.
- Observation Herb layer diversity was 2.92.
- Observation Shrub layer diversity was 1.84.
- Observation All tree species had contagious distributions.
- Observation Recorded species provided eight types of local use.
- Observation About 56% of species had multiple use categories.
- Observation Species had an average of three uses.
- Observation About 38% of species were used medicinally.
- Observation About 33% of species had various other uses.
- Recommendation The authors recommend public awareness and community based management.
- Recommendation The authors recommend further research on nutritional and pharmacological properties.
- Recommendation The authors recommend urgent germplasm collection in areas under human pressure.