An Enumeration of the Plant Resources of Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) in the Northwest Himalayas

Shimla is rich in biodiversity and wild plant resources. It has been explored botanically by many workers, but the economic uses of plants of Shimla have not been enumerated. Only few plants of Shimla are commercially important. Others less known plants can be put to various uses according to their local usage and on the basis of relevant information from the available literature on such plants. Keeping in view the ibid, all possible uses of plants have been collected from various sources and are mentioned against each species in the present compilation on ‘An enumeration of Plant Resources of Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)’.