Life Form and Leaf Spectra Reported From Sub-Tropical to Alpine and Subalpine Zoane of Basu Hills, District Sakardu Gilget Pakistan

The flora of Basu valley, District Sakardu consisted of 50 plant species belonging to 22 families. The biological spectrum showed that Chameophytes (26.38%) was the dominant life form of the area. It was followed by hemicryptophytes (19.83 %), nanophanerophytes (19.17 %), megaphanerophytes (17.23%) and therophytes (12.06 %). Lianas were absent. Leaf size spectra of plant communities consisted of microphylls (24%), leptophylls (52 %), nanophylls (20 %) and megaphylls (4 %). The dominancy of Chameophytes, leptophylls and microphylls indicate that the area varies from subtropical to alpine type.