Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-3 | Issue-06 | 517-520
Original Research Article
Climbers of Rampur and Kotgarh Forest Division of Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh
Prem Prakash, Mukesh Kumar Seth, Priya Kumari
Published : June 10, 2018
Abstract
Himachal Pradesh is lying between 30.22' to 33.12' North latitudes and 75.47'
to 79.04’ East longitudes. The area of the state is 55,673 km2 with almost mountainous
elevations ranging from 350-6500 m above the mean sea level. Shimla is surrounded by
Mandi and Kullu in the north, Kinnaur in the east, Uttarakhand in the southeast, Solan
to the southwest and Sirmaur in the south. It is the third most populous district of
Himachal Pradesh, after Kangra and Mandi. In the present study 24 climber species
belonging to 12 families and 19 genera have been reported. Cucurbitaceae and
Ranunculaceae with 4 species, Apocynaceae with 3 species, Convolvulaceae with 2
species, Dioscoreaceae and Menispermaceae with 2 species and other families with one
species.