First record of the Western Himalayan Yew Taxus contorta (Gymnosperms: Cupressales: Taxaceae) from Lumbini Province, Nepal

Authors

  • Santa Bahadur Thing Ministry of Forests, Environment and Soil Conservation, Lumbini Province, Nepal. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-291X
  • Deepak Raj Prakash Jung Shahi Ministry of Forests, Environment and Soil Conservation, Lumbini Province, Nepal. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6520-3080
  • Shashi Shrestha Ministry of Forests, Environment and Soil Conservation, Lumbini Province, Nepal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8059.15.9.23928-23930

Keywords:

high altitude, Rolpa District , Thawang Rural Municipality , anthropogenic activities, transect walk survey

Abstract

The threatened Western Himalayan Yew is one among three of the Taxus species found in Nepal. During the transect walk survey conducted on March-April 2021, we recorded Taxus contorta in at least 55 locations in the northern aspect, along the wet sites and away from human dominated landscape.

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26-09-2023

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Vol. 15 No. 9 (2023)

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