Table 1. IV of various plant communities at different altitudes of south and north-east facing slopes of Malam Jabba, during 2002-2004.
| Species | 1 500 m |
1 900 m |
2 300 m |
2 700 m |
3 200 m |
Protected site (1 900 m) NE PPV | |||||
| S | NE | S | NE | S | NE | S | NE | S | NE | ||
| PTC | COP | ACB | VFV | SAS | VVP | ICB | VPP | AAP | APA | ||
| Abies pindrow Royle. | - | - | - | 15.6 | 17.1 | 35.4 | 18.1 | 27.1 | 30.7 | 41.4 | 4.2 |
| Achillea millifolium L. | - | - | - | - | 16.2 | 39.2 | 17.6 | 9.1 | 33.0 | 22.9 | 2.3 |
| Achyranthus aspera L. | - | 2.5 | 6.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.7 |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris L. | 1.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | - | - | 17.5 | - | - | 29.8 | 49.1 | 13.2 |
| A. incisum L. | 2.0 | - | - | 7.7 | 15.3 | 9.2 | - | 6.1 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 15.2 |
| Adonis aestivalis L. | 3.0 | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4. |
| Ajuga bracteosa Wall. | 8.3 | - | 16.1 | - | 9.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Ailanthus altissima (Mill) Swingle. | 2.5 | - | 4.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 |
| Alnus nitida L. | 6.8 | 7.7 | - | 4.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amaranthus spinosa L. | - | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.8 |
| A. viridis L. | 3.7 | 2.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.6 |
| Anthroxon prionodes Steud. | - | - | - | - | - | 10.1 | - | 9.1 | 4.6 | 13.1 | 2.1 |
| Arnebia linearifolia L. | - | 4.1 | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | 3.1 | 11.9 | 9.2 | - |
| Artemisia maritima L. | - | 6.3 | 16.0 | - | - | 5.1 | - | - | 7.2 | - | 9.6 |
| A. scopara Waldst. | 4.1 | - | 60.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. vulgare L. | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | 4.1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Asparagus gracilis Roya L. | 6.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.1 | 7.9 | - |
| Berberis lycium Royal | 13.1 | 2.2 | 35.1 | - | - | 4.7 | - | 28.4 | 3.1 | - | - |
| Bergenia ciliata Boriss. | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | 11.3 | - | 14.1 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 10.8 |
| Buxus sempervirens Hk. F. | - | 5.3 | 10.1 | - | - | - | 6.7 | - | 13.1 | 10.1 | 15.7 |
| Cannabis sativa L. | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 |
| Caesalpinia decapitata (Lamb) D.Don. | 6.3 | 5.1 | - | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.6 |
| Celtis caucasica L. | 5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochest. Steud. | 7.1 | - | 5.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cetrach dalhossiae (Hoker) C. Chr. | 2.3 | - | - | 24.1 | - | - | 3.2 | - | - | - | - |
| Chenopodium botrys L. | 2.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 |
| Chrysopogon montanus Trin. | - | 21.2 | - | 24.1 | 37.0 | 23.1 | - | 15.0 | - | - | - |
| Contoneaster microphylla Wall. | - | - | 10.1 | - | - | - | 4.6 | - | 7.8 | 11.8 | 7.1 |
| Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. | 7.0 | - | 10.4 | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.1 |
| C. dactylon (L.) Pers. | 22.1 | 48.1 | 40.1 | - | - | 11.1 | 21.1 | 37.3 | 12.1 | - | - |
| Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk. | 3.1 | - | 10.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.9 |
| Convolvvlus arvensis L. | - | - | - | 19.6 | - | - | - | - | 3.1 | - | - |
| Dicanthium annulatum Forssk Stapf. | - | 10.1 | 22.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diospyros lotus L. | 14.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dioscorea deltoidea L. | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 11.1 | - |
| Dryopteris juxtapostia Christ. | - | - | - | - | - | 11.0 | - | - | 15.6 | 14.1 | 9.1 |
| Elaeagnus angustifolia L. | 9.0 | - | - | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 |
| Euphorbia prostrate Ait. | 14.1 | - | 17.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Euphorbia wallichii L. | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 11.1 | - |
| Ficus carica L. | 15.3 | - | 16.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.8 |
| Fragaria vesca Lind L. | - | 18.1 | - | 32.0 | 35.3 | - | 4.22 | 21.1 | 37.8 | - | 12.1 |
| Galium tetraphyleum L. | 6.32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.1 | 4.6 | - |
| G.aparina L. | - | - | 2.3 | 8.0 | 12.7 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 2.3 | ||
| Hypericum perforatum L. | - | - | - | 19.6 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 23.0 | - | 11.9 | - | 3.9 |
| H.oblongifolium L. | - | - | - | 2.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | - | 3.2 | 9.3 | 8.9 |
| Hyoscymus niger L. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - |
| Indigofera herterantha var herterantha (Wall. ex. Backer) Ali. | - | 6.2 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 21.1 | 21.0 | - | 24.2 | 1.1 | - | 14.7 |
| Jasminum humile L. | - | - | - | 6.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. officinalis L. | 4.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Juniperus communis L. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 18.7 | - |
| Medicago polymorpha L. | 8.07 | 8.1 | 11.1 | - | 13.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 20.1 |
| M. lupulina L. | - | 5.12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.2 | 5.6 | - |
| Morus alba L. | 19.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M. nigra L. | - | 18.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myrsine africana L. | 2.3 | 4.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasturtium officinale L. | - | 7.21 | - | 15.1 | - | 8.3 | - | - | 4.6 | - | - |
| Nepeta govaniana (Bth) Bth. | - | 3.41 | - | - | 6.0 | - | 5.01 | - | - | - | 11.6 |
| Olea ferruginea Royle. (Shrub) | - | - | 8.9 | 5.0 | 6.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oxalis corniculata L. | 6.6 | 24.1 | - | - | 14.2 | - | - | - | 6.3 | - | 7.8 |
| Paeonia emodi L. | - | - | - | - | - | 11.0 | 28.1 | 26.0 | 13.9 | 11.9 | - |
| Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana L. | - | - | - | 16.1 | 2.77 | 8.0 | - | - | 15.6 | 9.8 | - |
| Persicaria amplexicaule D. Don. | 9.1 | 10.1 | 16.1 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 17.6 | 48.7 | 59.2 | 4.0 | 78.1 |
| Picea smithiana (Wall)Boiss. | - | 10.3 | - | 24.1 | - | 46.1 | 25.7 | 37.1 | 89.1 | 42.3 | 3.2 |
| Pinus roxburghii Song. | 4.7 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pinus wallichiana L. | - | 3.3 | - | 25.1 | 74.9 | 8.7 | 27.2 | 7.12 | 78.1 | 18.2 | 75.1 |
| Plectranthus rugosus Wall. | 37.2 | 22.1 | 60.9 | - | 16.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 |
| Plantago lanceolata L. | - | - | 17.2 | 8.09 | - | - | - | 8.91 | - | - | 3.7 |
| P. major L. | 4.0 | 7.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.7 |
| Populus alba L. | - | - | 4.6 | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P. nigra L. | 3.1 | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Podophyllum hexandrum L. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.1 | - |
| Primula macrophylla D. Don. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.01 | 5.01 | 6.1 | 3.03 | - |
| Pteris vittata L. | - | - | - | 7.78 | 27.7 | 14.7 | - | 10.1 | 3.0 | 4.6 | - |
| Quercus incana Lindi ex. Rogle. | - | 12.1 | - | 13.2 | - | - | - | 4.9 | 4.0 | - | 13.2 |
| Q.dilitata L. | - | - | - | - | - | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ranunculus equatalis L. | - | - | - | 3.24 | - | - | 8.0 | - | - | 6.8 | 14.1 |
| R.muricatus L. | - | - | 5.47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.7 |
| Rosa moschata L. | 15.3 | - | - | 11.2 | 14.7 | - | 16.2 | - | - | - | 3.4 |
| R. webbenia L. | - | - | - | 11.2 | - | - | 16.2 | 5.8 | 3.1 | - | 1.2 |
| Rumex hastatus D. Don. | 14.6 | - | - | - | 16.8 | - | - | 3.1 | - | 2.1 | 10.1 |
| R.nepalensis L. | 16.3 | - | 7.3 | 4.64 | - | 8.32 | - | 19.3 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 15.1 |
| Salix spp. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.3 | 30.1 | 4.1 | 14.0 | - |
| Salvia moorcroftiana Wall ex. Bth. | 11.1 | - | 16.3 | - | - | 4.1 | - | - | - | - | 3.2 |
| Sarcocoa saligna Wall ex. Bth. | - | - | 3.4 | - | 5.1 | - | 7.8 | - | - | - | 10.1 |
| Senecio chrysanthemoides DC. | - | 3.4 | - | - | - | 34.4 | - | 13.7 | - | - | 4.1 |
| Sedum adentricus Wall. | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | 4.0 | - | 5.1 | - |
| Sibbaldia cuneata Cunze. | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 48.1 | 40.7 | 44.3 | 99.9 | 86.2 | - |
| Skimmea laureola DC. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | 5.0 | - |
| Solanum nigrum L. | 6.3 | 4.2 | - | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 |
| Spiraea lindleyana Wall. | - | - | - | 6.4 | - | - | - | 2.9 | 8.9 | - | 13.1 |
| Stipa siberica L. Lank. | - | - | - | 17.4 | 7.6 | 12.1 | - | 6.27 | - | - | - |
| Swertia alate (D. Don) C. B Clarke. | - | - | - | - | 5.3 | - | 6.81 | - | 7.8 | 2.2 | - |
| Taxus wallichiana (L) Roxb. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.9 | 7.0 | 12.2 | - |
| Thalictrum pedunculatum Edgew. | - | - | - | - | 5.01 | - | - | 6.07 | - | 1.1 | - |
| Themeda anathera nees. ex. Steud.) Mull. Arg. | 22.1 | - | 24.4 | - | - | 23.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Urtica pilulifera L. | - | - | - | 8.5 | - | 6.1 | - | 11.6 | 11.8 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| U. dioica L. | 10.1 | - | 14.9 | - | 13.1 | - | - | - | - | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| Verbascum thapsus L. | - | 5.0 | - | 7.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 |
| Viburnum nervosum D. Don. | - | - | - | 38.1 | - | 24.2 | 43.1 | 21.1 | - | - | - |
| Valeriana jatamansi Jones. | - | - | - | 11.2 | 41 | 75.8 | 26.1 | 87.1 | 23.2 | 58.3 | 65.6 |
| Viola serpens Wall. Ex. Roxb. | 2.1 | 27.2 | - | 21.2 | 47 | 67.1 | 57.2 | 11.2 | 17.7 | 79.7 | 67.0 |
| Zanthoxyllum armatum L. | - | - | 2.1 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.1 |
| Zizyphus sativa Geartn. | 14.1 | - | - | 3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Z.Jujuba Edgew. | 9.1 | - | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Key:
PTC= Plectranthus - Themeda - Cynodon community
COP= Cynodon - Oxalis - Plectranthus community
ACB= Artemisia - Cynodon - Berberis community
VFV= Viburnum - Fragaria - Viola community
SAS= Sibbaldia- Achillea - Senecio community
VVP= Viola - Viburnum - Pinus community
ICB= Indigofera - Cynodon - Berberis community
VPP= Viola - Picea - Pinus community
AAP= Abies - Adiantum - Picea community
APA= Adiantum - Picea - Abies community
PPV= Persicaria - Pinus - Viola community