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Table 3 use of fodder trees by different social groups of herders

From: Indigenous fodder trees can increase grazing accessibility for landless and mobile pastoralists in northern Pakistan

Fodder plant

Mobile landless herders

Sedentary landowners

Altitudinal zone

Low

Middle

High

Low

Middle

High

Trees

Ailanthus chinensis

X

X

 

X

X

 

Zizyphus jujube

X

  

X

  

Melia azedarach

X

  

X

X

 

Celtis caucasica

X

X

 

X

  

Betula utilis

  

X

  

Χ

Corylus avellana

  

X

  

Χ

Robinia pseudoacacia

X

   

X

 

Aesculus indica

 

x

   

Χ

Quercus incana

 

x

   

Χ

Quercus dilatata

 

x

   

Χ

Salix tetrasperma

X

x

   

Χ

Olea cuspidate

X

     

Acacia modesta

X

x

    

Acacia nilotica

X

x

    

Ficus sarmentosa

X

x

    

Morus nigra

 

x

    

Diospyros lotus

    

X

 

Morus alba

   

X

X

 

Celtis australis

   

X

  

Grewia oppositifolia

   

X

  

Shrubs

Artemisia maritima

 

X

X

 

X

Χ

Debregeasia salicifolia

X

X

  

X

 

Indigofera gerardiana

  

X

  

Χ

Cotoneaster nummularia

X

X

    

Indigofera heterantha

X

X

    

Myrsine Africana

X

X

    

Dodonaea viscosa

X

     

Impatiens bicolor

    

X

 

Anisomeles indica

    

X

 
  1. Low altitude <1000 m
  2. Middle altitude 1000-2000 m
  3. High altitude >2000 m