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Table 3 Fidelity level (Fl%) of some important plant species for various use categories

From: Ethnobotanical knowledge among the semi-pastoral Gujjar tribe in the high altitude (Adhwari’s) of Churah subdivision, district Chamba, Western Himalaya

Use category

Important plants

Fl (%)

Food plants

Diplazium maximum

73.78

Morchella esculenta

77.78

Polygonum aviculare

83.2

Phytolacca acinosa

100

Stellaria media

100

Urtica dioica

100

Fruit plants

Berberis lycium

100

Corylus jacquemontii

46.91

Juglans regia

51.39

Prunus armeniaca

100

Prunus cornuta

74.62

Rubus ellipticus

100

Solanum nigrum

52.88

Fodder plants

Acer caesium

100

Aesculus indica

100

Ailanthus altissima

100

Carpinus viminea

92

Corylus jacquemontii

53.09

Pteridium aquilinum

49.57

Quercus semecarpifolia

100

Ethnomedicinal plants

Aconitum heterophyllum

100

Angelica glauca

100

Ajuga integrifolia

100

Betula utilis

10.91

Diplazium maximum

26.22

Morchella esculenta

22.22

Oxyria digyna

19.44

Pleurospermum brunonis

17.59

Polygonum aviculare

16.80

Prunus cornuta

25.38

Rheum australe

36.88

Rumex hastatus

21.09

Solanum nigrum

47.12

Household (taboos, incense, basketry, brooms, etc.)

Angelica glauca

100

Betula utilis

89.09

Boenninghausenia albiflora

100

Carpinus viminea

8.00

Juglans regia

48.61

Pleurospermum brunonis

82.41

Pteridium aquilinum

50.43

Rheum australe

63.12

Rumex hastatus

78.91