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The highest diversity and density of the medicinal plants were recorded within

400-4599 masl during Polygon. Very few occurrences were recorded below 3600 masl.
During different Slope Gradients, the highest density of the medicinal plants was recorded

within 21° to 25° during Polygon and highest the diversity was also recorded during
Polygon between 11° to 15°. Very few occurrences were recorded below 60°.

SpeciesCount TotalQuadrat SpeciesDiversity
8000 450
7000 400
6000 350
5000 300
4000 250
200
3000 150
2000 100
1000 50
0 0
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1 to 6 to 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 71 76 81
5 10 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
SlopeGradientRange

Figure 10: Total Quadrats, Species Diversity and Species Count recorded in different Slope Gradient

The highest medicinal plant diversity was recorded between the slope gradient
of 11°-15° followed by 36°-40°. Very few distributions were recorded above 66°.
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Species Diversity
East Daily Track
West Polygon 496 600 East Polygon
West Daily Track 500 East West Daily Track
400
South West Polygon 300 175 235 East West Polygon
369 196
200
South West Daily Track 100 0 North Daily Track
207 10 208
0
198
South East Polygon 409 North Polygon
178
291 139
South East Daily Track 233 162 227 North East Daily Track

South Polygon 505 North East Polygon
South Daily Track North West Daily Track
North West Polygon

142 Figure 11: Species Diversity Recorded in different Slope Aspects

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