Pinus

Rahman, A. U., Ullah, Z., Qureshi, R., Burslem, D. F. R. P. & Mashwani, Z. U. R., 2022, Composition and structure of plant communities in the Moist Temperate Forest Ecosystem of the Hindukush Mountains, Pakistan, Brazilian Journal of Biology (e 266637) 82, pp. 1-14 : 7

3.11. Pinus - Viburnum - Poa community (PVP)

Pinus - Viburnum - Poa community is located at altitude of 2000-2345m. Pinus wallichiana leading specie with 123.2 IVI value followed by Viburnum cotinifolium (35.1) and Poa nemoralis (22.6). The recorded 16 samplings sites of PVP plant community in the investigated area 3 tree species included Quercus incana (36.1 IVI), Abies pindrow (26.1 IVI), and Aesculus indica (22.1 IVI) while among shrubs Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana (26.4 IVI), Rubus ellipticus (22.5 IVI) and Indigofera heterantha (20.8 IVI) represents co-dominant species.Of total 65 herb species of PVP community type Poa annua (21.9 IVI) Paeonia emodi (10.2.4 IVI) and Chrozophora tinctoria (7.9 IVI) were the second co-dominant species. Moreover of total of 99 plant species Sisymbrium orientale , Sigesbekia orientalis , Sambucus wightiana , Fumaria indica , Aquilegia pubiflora, Bidens tripartite were the most commonly rare occurring species.The silty loam soil of Pinus - Viburnum - Poa community contained 13.5±5.6% calcium carbonate, 133.4- 74.12mg /Kg potassium, 2.67- 1.84mg /Kg phosphorus, 0.35-0.18%nitrogen, 6.7-2.3% organic matter and EC 0.25-0.13 dSm-1. Soil was slightly acidic properties with a content of clay 6.7-2.9%, sand 35.5-15.7%, and silt 93.5- 37.3%. The community were under low grazing and high deforestation pressure (Supplementary material 1).