Study area | Study Year | Number of plants reported | Plants with similar use | Plants with dissimilar use | Total Common species in both areas | % of common plants species | Species listed only in aligned areas | Species enlisted only in study area | % of species enlisted only in this study | % of plants with similar uses | % of plants with dissimilar uses | Jaccard index (JI) | Sorensen’s similarity index (QS) | Reference |
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Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand | 2013 | 159 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 9.43 | 144 | 63 | 80.77 | 4.40 | 5.03 | 7.81 | 14.49 | Chandra et al. [35] |
Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal | 2005 | 113 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 33.63 | 75 | 40 | 51.28 | 21.24 | 12.39 | 49.35 | 66.08 | Uniyal and Siva [31] |
Ukhimath Block, Rudraprayag Uttarakhand | 2010 | 60 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 41.67 | 35 | 53 | 67.95 | 30.00 | 11.67 | 39.68 | 56.81 | Semwal et al. [30] |
Sub-Himalayan region, Uttarakhand | 2013 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 33.33 | 16 | 70 | 89.74 | 4.17 | 29.17 | 10.25 | 18.6 | Sharma et al. [41] |
Sub-Himalayan region, Uttarakhand | 2012 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 42.50 | 23 | 61 | 78.21 | 0.00 | 42.50 | 25.37 | 40.47 | Sharma et al. [43] |
Western Himalaya | 2015 | 97 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 22.68 | 75 | 56 | 71.79 | 14.43 | 8.25 | 20.18 | 33.58 | Malik et al. [1] |
Uttarakhand | 2015 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8.93 | 51 | 73 | 93.59 | 3.57 | 5.36 | 4.2 | 8.06 | Kala [48] |
Garhwal region | 2014 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5.97 | 63 | 74 | 94.87 | 1.49 | 4.48 | 3 | 5.83 | Ghildiyal et al. [46] |
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Himalaya, India | 2011 | 126 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 23.02 | 97 | 49 | 62.82 | 9.52 | 13.49 | 24.78 | 39.72 | Singh and Rawat [22] |
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, India Himalaya | 2013 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 42.86 | 12 | 69 | 88.46 | 28.57 | 14.29 | 12.5 | 22.22 | Bhat et al. [26] |
Garhwal Himalaya, India | 2011 | 61 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21.31 | 48 | 65 | 83.33 | 13.11 | 8.20 | 13 | 23 | Kumar et al. [49] |
Niti valley central Himalaya, India | 2010 | 86 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 23.26 | 66 | 58 | 74.36 | 10.47 | 12.79 | 19.23 | 32.25 | Phondani et al. [32] |
Garhwal Himalaya | 2010 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13.04 | 20 | 75 | 96.15 | 8.70 | 4.35 | 3.26 | 6.31 | Dangwal et al. [50] |
Uttaranchal, India | 2005 | 74 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20.27 | 59 | 63 | 80.77 | 6.76 | 13.51 | 14.01 | 24.59 | Kala et al. [51] |
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Garhwal Himalaya India | 2013 | 152 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 11.18 | 135 | 61 | 78.21 | 7.24 | 3.95 | 9.49 | 17.34 | Bhat et al. [52] |
Pauri Garhwal Uttarakhand | 2010 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19.67 | 49 | 66 | 84.62 | 9.84 | 9.84 | 11.65 | 20.86 | Pala et al. [53] |
Nanital of Kumaun region Uttarakhand | 2014 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 39.29 | 17 | 67 | 85.90 | 10.71 | 28.57 | 15.06 | 26.19 | Kapkoti et al. [54] |
Almora district Uttarakhand, India | 2011 | 188 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 18.09 | 154 | 44 | 56.41 | 5.32 | 12.77 | 20.73 | 34.34 | Kumari et al. [39] |
Kumaun Himalaya, India | 2013 | 48 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27.08 | 35 | 65 | 83.33 | 6.25 | 20.83 | 14.94 | 26 | Bhatt et al. [55] |
Bhabar region of Uttarakhand | 2015 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 29.17 | 17 | 71 | 91.03 | 12.50 | 16.67 | 8.64 | 15.9 | Pande and Joshi [56] |
Sub Himalayan tract Uttarakhand, India | 2010 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14.81 | 46 | 70 | 89.74 | 3.70 | 11.11 | 7.4 | 13.79 | Gaur et al. [57] |
Nanda Devi Biosphere reserve, Uttarakhand, India | 2013 | 90 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 27.78 | 65 | 53 | 67.95 | 10.00 | 17.78 | 26.88 | 42.37 | Rana et al. [38] |
Tons watershed Uttarakhand Himalaya | 2015 | 84 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 40.48 | 50 | 44 | 56.41 | 20.24 | 20.24 | 56.66 | 72.34 | Kala [45] |
Garur Block of district Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India | 2014 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20.51 | 31 | 70 | 89.74 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 8.6 | 15.84 | Tewari et al. [33] |
Uttarakhand | 2014 | 111 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 14.41 | 95 | 62 | 79.49 | 0.90 | 13.51 | 11.34 | 20.38 | Prakash [58] |
Nanital Uttarakhand | 2014 | 113 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12.39 | 99 | 64 | 82.05 | 3.54 | 8.85 | 9.39 | 17.17 | Shah et al. [29] |
District Garhwal North West Himalaya | 1999 | 2035 | 19 | 45 | 64 | 3.14 | 1971 | 14 | 17.95 | 0.93 | 2.21 | 3.33 | 6.44 | Gaur [11] |
Kumaon Himalaya India | 2014 | 89 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 24.72 | 67 | 56 | 71.79 | 8.99 | 15.73 | 21.78 | 35.77 | Singh et al. [27] |
Central Himalaya India | 2002 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10.00 | 45 | 73 | 93.59 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 4.42 | 8.47 | Negi et al. [18] |
Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh India | 2014 | 948 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 4.22 | 908 | 38 | 48.72 | 2.64 | 1.58 | 4.41 | 8.45 | Gairola et al. [44] |
Kashmir Himalaya | 2011 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 40.00 | 18 | 66 | 84.62 | 16.67 | 23.33 | 16.66 | 28.57 | Malik et al. [59]. |
Himachal Pradesh North west Himalaya, India | 2016 | 73 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 26.03 | 54 | 59 | 75.64 | 15.07 | 10.96 | 20.21 | 33.62 | Thakur et al. [28]. |
Himachal Pradesh North west Himalaya, India | 2007 | 643 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2.95 | 624 | 59 | 75.64 | 1.09 | 1.87 | 2.86 | 5.56 | Samant et al. [36] |
Nepal Himalaya | 2006 | 84 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9.52 | 76 | 70 | 89.74 | 3.57 | 5.95 | 5.79 | 10.95 | Kunwar et al. [37] |
Arunachal Pradesh Eastern Himalayan zone | 2011 | 74 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 21.62 | 58 | 62 | 79.49 | 8.11 | 13.51 | 15.38 | 26.66 | Tangjang et al. [17] |
Average | Â | 172.14 | 7.69 | 10.23 | 17.91 | 21.68 | 154.23 | 60.09 | 77.03 | 9.14 | 12.54 | 15.49 | 25.11 | Â |