Table 5. Jaccard index comparing the present study with previous reports at regional, national and global scales.

Area	Study year	Number of recorded plant species	Plants with similar use	Plants with dissimilar use	Total species common in both area	Species enlisted only in aligned areas	Species enlisted only in study area	% of plant with similar uses	% of dissimilar uses	JI	Citation
Poonch Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan	2010	169	28	20	48	121	73	16.6	11.8	32.9	[86]
Pir Nasoora National Park Azad Kashmir, Pakistan	2015	104	10	23	33	71	88	9.62	22.1	26.2	[12]
30Bana Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan	2015	86	5	15	20	66	101	5.81	17.4	13.6	[92]
Bagh, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan	2012	71	7	16	23	48	98	9.86	22.5	18.7	[88]
Neelum valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan	2011	40	2	5	7	33	114	5	12.5	5	[93]
Leepa valley, Azad Kashmir Pakistan	2012	36	4	3	7	29	114	11.1	8.33	5.15	[94]
Patriata, New Muree, Pakistan	2013	93	8	18	26	67	95	8.6	19.4	19.1	[87]
Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan	2016	74	6	8	14	60	107	8.11	10.8	9.15	[26]
Alpine and Subalpine region of Pakistan	2015	125	6	11	17	108	104	4.8	8.8	8.72	[22]
Naran valley, Paksitan	2013	101	9	18	27	74	94	8.91	14.87	13.85	[95]
Nagaland, India	2015	135	0	3	3	132	118	0	2.22	1.21	[89]
Madonie Regional Park, Italy	2013	174	0	3	3	171	118	0	1.72	1.05	[11]
Marmaris, Turkey	2013	64	0	3	3	61	118	0	4.69	1.7	[90]