Pteridophytes of Sechu Tuan Nalla Wildlife Sanctuary, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

A total number of 30 taxa belonging to 14 genera and nine families have been documented. Of these, seven species namely, Selaginella jacquemontii Spring, Equisetum arvense L., Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl, Gymnocarpium fedtschenkoanum Pojark., Deparia subsimilis (Christ) Fraser-Jenk., Dryopteris juxtaposita Christ, Polystichum sinense (Christ) Christ are reported here first time from Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh and six species, viz., Adiantum venustum D. Don, Asplenium trichomanes L., Athyrium attenuatum (C.B. Clarke) Tagawa, Dryopteris juxtaposita Christ, Equisetum arvense L., Pteridium revolutum (Blume) Nakai are ethnobotanically important.