Table 2.
Cultural importance (CI) index of most relevant species of Western Ladakh with each use category
| Plant | FD | FO | FW | OR | MD | DY | RE | OT | CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I. M. Johnst | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.03 | 1.548 |
| Juniperus communis L | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.24 | 1.422 |
| Artemisia spp | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 1.269 |
| Rheum webbianum Royle | 0.54 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.180 |
| Rosa webbiana Wall. ex Royle | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.38 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 1.113 |
| Cicer microphyllum Benth | 0.28 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.044 |
| Salix sclerophylla Andersson | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.64 | 0.928 |
| Hippophae rhamnoides L | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.880 |
| Aconogonum tortuosum (D. Don) H. Hara | 0.08 | 0.57 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.715 |
| Myricaria elegans Royle | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.698 |
| Rheum australe D. Don | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.654 |
| Stachys tibetica Vatke | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.611 |
| Corydalis govaniana Wall | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.578 |
| Thymus linearis Benth | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.574 |
| Prunus domestica L | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.544 |
| Dactylorhiza spp. | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.543 |
| Biebersteinia odora Royle | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.539 |
| Acantholimon lycopodioides (Girard) Boiss | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.528 |
| Juglans regia L | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.515 |
| Rhodiola fastigiata (Hook. f. & Thomson) S. H. Fu | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.504 |
| Codonopsis ovata Benth | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.496 |
| Populus alba L | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.39 | 0.487 |
| Lonicera spp. | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.476 |
| Aconitum rotundifolium Kar. & Kir | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.465 |
| Medicago sativa L | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.465 |
| Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.463 |
| Rosa ecae Aitch | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.456 |
| Salix tetrasperma Roxb | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.441 |
| Artemisia brevifolia Wall | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.435 |
| Geranium spp. | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.435 |
FD food, FO fodder, FW fuel wood OR ornamentals, MD medicinal, DY dye, RE religious, OT other