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Species Count
East Daily Track
West Polygon 14000 East Polygon
12000
West Daily Track East West Daily Track
10000
7538
South West Polygon 8000 East West Polygon
6000
4000 19752402
2110
South West Daily Track 3670 2000 0 North Daily Track
2282 167 1662
0
4379 2154
South East Polygon 2054 North Polygon
1664
8219 2778 2242
South East Daily Track 4014 North East Daily Track

South Polygon North East Polygon
12683
South Daily Track North West Daily Track
North West Polygon

Figure 12: Species Count recorded in different Slope Aspect

During different Slope Aspects, the highest medicinal plant diversity was recorded
in the South and West facing slopes and very few occurrences were recorded in East-

West facing slope during Polygon. The highest density was recorded in South facing
slopes and very few occurrences in East-West facing slopes during systematic line transect.

TotalQuadrat SpeciesDiversity SpeciesCount
2500 35000
30000
2000
25000
1500 20000

1000 15000
10000
500
5000
0 0
Daily PolygonDaily PolygonDaily PolygonDaily PolygonDaily Polygon
Track Track Track Track Track
Blue pine Broad leaved Firforest AlpineScrub Mixed conifer
hardwood
Different Forest Types

Figure 13: Total Quadrats, Species Diversity and Species Count

Bhutan

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