Abstract
The floristic study of Asshab Baba graveyard District Peshawar was conducted during March-June, 2013 with the aim to identify the conserve plant species. A total of 66 plant species were identified belonging to monocotyledons and dicotyledons. Three families were monocots in which Poaceae was dominant family with 12 species, followed by Cyperaceae species and Arecaceae. Dicotyledons had twenty nine families. Among them Asteraceae was the leading family with 9 species, followed by Chenopodiaceae (4 Sp), Moraceae (4 Sp.) and Amaranthaceae (3Sp.). Brassicaceae, Malvaceae, Papilionaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae and Zygophyllaceae were represented by 2 species each. The remaining families were represented by one species each. On the basis of biological spectrum therophytes were 40(60.60%), hemicryptophytes 7(10.60%), megaphanerophytes 3(4.54%), chaemophytes 5(7.57%), microphanerophytes 4(6.06%), macrophanerophytes 3(4.54%), Geophytes 3(4.54%) and nanophanerophytes 1(1.51%). Leaf-size spectra showed that 25(37.87%) were microphylls, 17(25.75%) nanophylls, 12(19.69%) mesophylls, 5(9.09%) macrophyll and 5(7.57%) were leptophylls. Phenologically 38 species were in reproductive stages while 28 were in vegetative stages. Graveyards depict the original vegetation of an area. Due to their religious sanctity, they represent conserved flora of an area and hence can be identified as an ideal place for recording the original vegetation as indicator species.
