A Check List of Angiospermic Plants of Sheikh Buddin National Park, District Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

| Exploration of regional flora provide base for conservation management, taxonomy and ethnobotany. In addition, Diverse ecosystems are habitat rich and highly productive. Determining species diversity and exploration, we conducted the taxonomical survey and collected information's about the floristic composition of Sheikh Buddin National Park (SBNP). As a result 117 plant species belonged to 99 genera and 52 families were collected, preserved, identified, and deposited as voucher specimens in the Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Botany, University of Malakand. Among these monocots were represented by 17 species under 15 genera and 6 families, while Dicots were represented by 100 species belonging to 84 genera's and 46 families. The data obtained from the survey revealed that Poaceae and Lamiaceae having 9 plant species (each), followed by Asteraceae with 7 species, Apocynaceae and Fabaceae with 6 plants species each while Mimosaceae and Solanaceae with 5 species were the dominant families. Among tree strata Acacia modesta, Olea ferruginea and Capparis decidua, in shrub stratum Prosopis juliflora, Dodonea viscosa, Echinops echinatus while among herbs Cymbopogon jawarncusa, Cynodon dactylon, Peganum harmala were common abundant species of the study area. Throughout study area ground flora was common with scattered shrubs. Studied flora reflect xerophytic nature.