Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Description
Range
Afghanistan; India; Nepal; Pakistan; China: Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, at 3900-5000 m (1). In Nepal, it occurs in the arid climate of the rain shadow areas of the Great Himalaya, where more than 300 mm of annual water deficit occurrs. Soils are strongly calcareous owing to restricted leaching and to the preponderant occurrence of limestone parent materials. Cattle grazing that selectively removes palatable plants such as grasses appears to be one of the important factors promoting the Ephedra gerardiana community (2).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Missouri Botanical Garden - Flora of China Checklist - Ephedra.(2) Kojima, S. 1990. A geobotanical study of Ephedretum gerardianae in north central Nepal. Phytocoenologia 19(1): 93-108.
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Last modified on 11-Jan-1999