Are Sacred Groves of Kathmandu Valley Efficient in Sequestering Carbon?

Table 2

Carbon stock (per ha) of trees in different forests of the study area.

SN	Tree species	Forest types
		Schima-Pyrus	Myrsine-Persea	Quercus-Myrsine	Neolitsea cuipala
1	Albizia julibrissin Durazz.	—	—	—	0.90
2	Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.	—	—	—	0.43
3	Alnus nepalensis D. Don	0.34	—	—
4	Areca catechu L.	—	—	—	1.24
5	Araucaria bidwillii Hook.	3.59	—	—
6	Castanopsis indica (Roxb.) Miq.	—	—	—	31.29
7	Castanopsis tribuloides (Sm.) A. DC.	0.09	139.74	—	5.37
8	Cassia fistula L.	—	—	—	3.45
9	Celtis australis L.	2.02	—	—	0.54
10	Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) Burtt & Hill.	—	64.63	—	13.74
11	Eurya acuminate DC.	0.11	—	—
12	Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wall.	0.12	—	—	0.48
13	Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	—	23.64	—	1.75
14	Myrsine capitellata Wall.	0.96	212.56	139.87	2.03
15	Myrsine semiserrata Wall.	—	8.44	—	0.73
16	Neolitsea cuipala (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Kosterm.	—	—	—	49.71
17	Persea odoratissima (Ness) Kosterm.	10.41	198.40	220.39	0.52
18	Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	2.24	21.96	—
19	Quercus glauca Thunb.	2.28	38.62	321.52
20	Rhus succedanea L.	—	—	—	0.64
21	Sapium insigne (Royle) Benth. ex Hook.f	—	—	—	0.57
22	Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.	51.68	359.06	821.52	27.02
23	Stranvaesia nussia (D. Don) Decne.	0.36	30.07	—
24	Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels.	1.94	175.38	20.63	2.96
25	Ziziphus incurva Roxb.	0.22	—	—