Abstract
The present study, is a first attempt to describe the flora of some selected parks of Lahore city. It provides information about the distribution of different plant species in Model Town Park, Gulshan-eIqbal Park, Nawaz Sharif Park, Shalimar Garden, Nasir Bagh and Lahore Zoo. Furthermore, the diameter at breast height (DBH) of selected trees has been measured. A total of 94 plant species were recorded belonging to 43 families. Fabaceae is the dominating family with 15 member species (16.5%), followed by Moraceae and Rosaceae with 8 and 5 species respectively. Lahore had number of green spaces in the past but rapid urbanization, development projects and construction of new transportation networks leads to deforestation and vegetation removal in the city. In order to address this issue, there is a need to monitor the spatial distribution of plant species by preparing databases and generating spatial maps on regular basis for plants conservation in the city.
Safdar Ali Shirazi, Saima Siddiqui, Ayesha Ali. (2016) A Floristic Analysis Of Selected Parks In Lahore Pakistan, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 29, Issue 2.
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