Assessment of plant diversity, regeneration status, biomass and carbon stock in a Central Himalayan cypress forest

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See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate . net / publication / 279627003 Assessment , regeneration status , biomass Himalayan Article DOI : 10 . 5897 / IJBC2015 . 0855 CITATIONS 5 READS 173 3 , including : Some : Agroecosystems : Structure Bioprospecting Kiran Kumaun 98 SEE Surendra Kumaun 119 SEE All . The . The present study assessed population structure , biomass , carbon stock , phytosociociological and regeneration status of a Central Himalayan cypress forest of India . A total of 36 plant species (07 trees , 08 shrubs and 21 herbs) were recorded from the study site . Total tree density ranged from 460 to 600 tree ha - 1 and total basal area ranged from 19 . 11 to 58 . 20 m 2 ha - 1 . The total biomass of trees across all the sites ranged between 178 and 431 t ha - 1 while carbon stock ranged between 89 . 07 and 206 t ha - 1 . Cupressus torulosa was the only tree species showing fair regeneration at all the sites while most of the species were represented by seedling and sapling indicating new regeneration .