Mudasir Riaz, Anu Sharma* and Anima Langer
Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006
Department of Botany, University of Jammu,
B.R. Ambedkar Road, Jammu-180 006.
Email: anu4botany@gmail.com
Received-06.09.2015, Revised-08.10.2015
Abstract: This paper is the first attempt to enlist the moss flora of Kishtwar (North-West Himalaya). A total of 17 mosses belonging to 8 orders, 12 families and 17 genera have been collected from diverse habitat, altitude and substrate pH.
Keywords: Hypnobryales, North-West Himalaya, Jammu & Kashmir state, Kishtwar, Moss flora.
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