Richness and Cover of Nontimber Economic Plants along Altitude in Temperate Himalayan Forest-Use Types

Table 2

Frequency (%) of medicinal plant species.

Botanical names	Old-growth forest (%)				Derived woodland (%)
	2200 asl; 𝑛 = 5	2300 asl; 𝑛 = 5	2400 asl; 𝑛 = 5	2500 asl; 𝑛 = 5	2200 asl; 𝑛 = 5	2300 asl; 𝑛 = 5	2400 asl; 𝑛 = 5	2500 asl; 𝑛 = 5
A. flavum	100	80	100	100	100	80	80	40
A. incisum	100	80	100	100	100	100	100	80
A. pubiflora	40	40	40	20	80	100	100	100
A. rotundifolia	na	na	na	na	0	0	20	0
A.  bracteosa	na	na	na	na	40	40	20	40
A.  eupatoria	40	40	40	40	0	20	80	20
B. amplexicaulis	80	100	100	100	60	20	20	20
C. album	40	20	20	20	20	20	0	0
C. grata	na	na	na	na	20	40	0	20
C. leucanthemum	20	40	40	60	20	0	20	0
D. ramose	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
D.  inermis	20	40	0	0	0	20	20	20
E.   wallichii	na	na	na	na	20	0	0	0
F. nubicola	100	100	100	100	100	80	80	80
G.  aparine	na	na	na	na	0	20	0	0
H. nepalensis	60	80	80	80	0	20	20	0
I. bicolor	80	80	80	80	80	60	60	60
L. jopanicum	100	100	100	100	100	80	100	80
L. vulgare	na	na	na	na	20	20	0	0
N. laevigata	na	na	na	na	0	0	0	20
O. debilis	100	100	80	80	40	40	40	40
P. verticillatum	20	0	0	0	60	40	60	20
P. vulgaris	na	na	na	na	20	0	0	0
R. longituba	80	40	60	60	20	40	40	40
R. muricatus	100	100	100	100	60	60	80	40
S. chirata	na	na	na	na	40	40	40	40
S. salignus	20	40	40	20	na	na	na	na
U. dioica	60	60	60	40	0	0	20	20
V. canescens	100	100	100	100	60	60	40	40
V. jatamansi	100	100	80	80	0	0	0	20
V. laxa	60	60	80	100	40	20	10	0

“na” indicates not available and “asl” indicates above the sea level.