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Table 3 Indices and ranking of useful plants of Western Ladakh

From: Harmony in nature: understanding the cultural and ecological aspects of plant use in Ladakh

Plant

Basic value

Indices

Ranking

UR

FC

NU

RFC

RI

CV

CI

RFC

RI

CV

CI

Arnebia euchroma

836

442

8

0.82

0.97

1.27

1.55

3

1

1

1

Juniperus communis

768

463

5

0.86

0.81

0.76

1.42

2

4

3

2

Artemisia spp.

685

470

5

0.87

0.81

0.69

1.27

1

3

4

3

Rheum webbianum

637

418

5

0.77

0.76

0.57

1.18

5

5

5

4

Rosa webbiana

601

385

8

0.71

0.91

0.79

1.11

7

2

2

5

Cicer microphyllum

564

433

3

0.80

0.65

0.31

1.04

4

11

9

6

Salix sclerophylla

501

401

5

0.74

0.74

0.43

0.93

6

6

6

7

Hippophae rhamnoides

475

342

6

0.63

0.74

0.42

0.88

9

7

7

8

Aconogonum tortuosum

386

338

6

0.63

0.73

0.34

0.71

10

8

8

9

Myricaria elegans

377

303

5

0.56

0.63

0.24

0.70

11

12

10

10

Rheum australe

353

343

3

0.64

0.55

0.16

0.65

8

16

12

11

Stachys tibetica

330

258

5

0.48

0.59

0.18

0.61

14

14

11

12

Corydalis govaniana

312

222

4

0.41

0.49

0.12

0.58

22

25

17

13

Thymus linearis

310

247

3

0.46

0.45

0.10

0.57

16

29

23

14

Prunus domestica

294

173

5

0.32

0.50

0.11

0.54

40

22

21

15

Dactylorhiza spp.

293

224

4

0.41

0.49

0.11

0.54

20

23

18

16

Biebersteinia odora

291

256

4

0.47

0.52

0.13

0.54

15

20

14

17

Acantholimon lycopodioides

285

261

4

0.48

0.53

0.13

0.53

13

18

15

18

Juglans regia

278

163

4

0.30

0.42

0.08

0.51

44

37

29

19

Rhodiola fastigiata

272

272

1

0.50

0.35

0.03

0.50

12

55

47

20

Codonopsis ovata

268

212

4

0.39

0.48

0.10

0.50

24

27

24

21

Populus alba

263

108

3

0.20

0.30

0.04

0.49

63

69

45

22

Lonicera spp.

257

208

3

0.39

0.41

0.07

0.48

25

38

32

23

Aconitum rotundifolium

251

207

5

0.38

0.53

0.11

0.46

26

17

19

24

Medicago sativa

251

181

4

0.34

0.44

0.08

0.46

33

31

28

25

Ephedra gerardiana

250

232

5

0.43

0.56

0.12

0.46

17

15

16

26

Rosa ecae

246

203

7

0.38

0.65

0.15

0.46

28

10

13

27

Salix tetrasperma

238

224

4

0.41

0.49

0.09

0.44

21

24

26

28

Artemisia brevifolia

235

219

4

0.41

0.48

0.09

0.44

23

26

27

29

Geranium spp.

235

167

4

0.31

0.43

0.07

0.44

43

36

33

30

  1. NU Number of use, UR use report, FC frequency citation, RFC relative frequency citation, RI relative importance, CV cultural value, CI cultural importance
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