PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF PUSH ZIARAT AREA (SHAWAL) IN THE SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, PAKISTAN

Based on the highest importance value pinus-abies-sophora, pinus-abies, abies-cedrus, abies-pinus and pinus-abies communities are established in push ziarat area. all the communities contained economically valuable timber; firewood, medicinal and aromatic plants. the study showed that the vegetation cover is depleting at a very high pace due to population explosion and bringing terrestrial ecosystems in their agri.-land use. the communities so established reflected the characters of dry temperate entities.