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

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 5 Trends in fodder trees and shrub availability in the study area.

Fodder plant	Trend	Common	Dominant	Rare	Cropland boundaries	Forest	Pastures
Trees
Betula utilis	-2			X			x
Quercus incana	-1	x				x
Quercus dilatata	-1	x				x
Acacia nilotica	-1	x				x
Salix tetrasperma	-1	x			x	x
Ficus sarmentosa	-1	x			x	x
Corylus avellana	-1			x		x
Aesculus indica	-1			x	x
Celtis caucasica	-1			x	x
Diospyros lotus	0	x			x
Morus alba	0	x			x
Celtis australis	0	x			x
Acacia modesta	0	x				x
Morus nigra	0	x			x	x
Olea cuspidate	0	x			x	x
Zizyphus jujube	0	x			x	x
Melia azedarach	0	x			x	x
Robinia pseudoacacia	0	x				x	x
Grewia oppositifolia	+1	x			x
Ailanthus chinensis	+2		x		x	x
Shrubs
Cotoneaster nummularia	-2	x				x
Myrsine Africana	-2	x				x
Debregeasia salicifolia	-1	x			x
Artemisia maritime	-1	x				x	x
Anisomeles indica	-1			x	x
Indigofera heterantha	0	x			x	x
Indigofera gerardiana	0	x				x	x
Impatiens bicolour	0			x	x	x
Dodonaea viscose	0		x		X	x