Quercus

Rahman, A. U., Ullah, Z., Qureshi, R., Burslem, D. F. R. P. & Mashwani, Z. U. R., 2022, Composition and structure of plant communities in the Moist Temperate Forest Ecosystem of the Hindukush Mountains, Pakistan, Brazilian Journal of Biology (e 266637) 82, pp. 1-14 : 5

3.5. Quercus - Viburnum - Poa community (QVP)

QVP community existed in high elevation flora between

2368-2920m with latitude (35°09’12.32” - 35°09’15.16”N) and longitude (72°24’45.50” - 72°20’39.43”E).The prominant ( Table 1) dominant species includes Quercus dilatata (74.3 IVI), Viburnum cotinifolium (54.3 IVI) and Poa alpina (38.9 IVI). The co-dominant herbs included Rumex nepalensis (17.5 IVI), Persicaria capitate (15.4 IVI), Potentilla atrosanguinea (15.2 IVI), Digitaria ciliaris (15.1 IVI), Viola canescens (12.2 IVI), Potentilla nepalensis (11.6 IVI) and Nepeta laevigata (11.4 IVI). Common representative co-dominant trees were Quercus semecarpifolia (50.25 IVI) and shrubs with importance values were Salix acmophylla (28.9 IVI), Parthenocissus semicordata (37.5 IVI) and Buxus wallichiana (34.6 IVI). Soil of QVP community the was slightly acidic with percentage of 39.4-16.7 sand, 5.3- 2.7 clay, 93.1-31.9 silt. Recorded phosphorus values of soil were 3.09- 1.91 mg /Kg, potassium 135.45- 61.56 mg / Kg, EC were 0.17-0.007 dSm-1, nitrogen 0.38-0.18%, organic matter 2.8-2.3% and CaCO3% were 7.5-3.6% (Supplementary material 1).