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Table 1 Fodder species for the respective livestock type

From: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Contemporary Changes in the Agro-pastoral System of Upper Spiti Landscape, Indian Trans-Himalayas

Sheep

Goat

Donkey

Yak

Dzo

Cow

Horse

Eurotia ceratoids H

Cousinia thomsonii H

Stipa orientalis G

Carex infuscata G

Leymus secalinus G

Linedolophia anchusoides H

Caragana brevifolia Sh

Scorzonera spp. H

Cicer microphyllum H

Geranium Sh

Elymus longe-aristatus G

Astragalus rhizanthus H

Festuca spp. H

Aconogonum molle H

Arnebia euchroma H

Arnebia brevifolia H

Trigonella emodi H

Argyreia spp. H

Eurotia ceratoids H

Cousinia thomsonii H

Stipa orientalis G

Carex infuscate G

Scorzonera spp. H

Leymus secalinus G

Linedolophia anchusoides H

Cicer microphyllum H

Elymus longe-aristatus G

Aconogonum molle H

Trigonella emodi H

Caragana brevifolia Sh

Astragalus rhizanthus H

Festuca spp. H

Arnebia euchroma H

Arnebia brevifolia H

Hippophae spp. Sh

Geranium Sh

Cousinia thomsonii H

Eurotia ceratoids H

Astragalus rhizanthus H

Linedolophia anchusoides H

Caragana brevifolia Sh

Leymus secalinus G

Stipa orientalis G

Elymus longe-aristatus G

Aconogonum molle H

Geranium Sh

Carex infuscata G

Cicer microphyllum H

Trigonella emodi H

Scorzonera spp. H

Festuca spp. H

Arnebia euchroma H

Arnebia brevifolia H

Hippophae spp. Sh

Festuca spp. H

Carex infuscata G

Cousinia thomsonii H

Eurotia ceratoids H

Stipa orientalis G

Leymus secalinus G

Elymus longe-aristatus G

Cicer microphyllum H

Caragana brevifolia Sh

Aconogonum molle H

Geranium Sh

Trigonella emodi H

Astragalus rhizanthus H

Scorzonera spp. H

Linedolophia anchusoides H

Arnebia euchroma H

Arnebia brevifolia H

Hippophae spp. Sh

Carex infuscata G

Cousinia thomsonii H

Eurotia ceratoids H

Leymus secalinus G

Stipa orientalis G

Festuca spp. H

Cicer microphyllum H

Geranium SH

Elymus longe-aristatus G

Caragana brevifolia Sh

Aconogonum molle H

Scorzonera spp. H

Trigonella emodi H

Arnebia euchroma H

Arnebia brevifolia H

Argyreia spp. H

Astragalus rhizanthus H

Linedolophia anchusoides H

Stipa orientalis G

Cousinia thomsonii H

Eurotia ceratoids H

Elymus longe-aristatus G

Carex infuscata G

Leymus secalinus G

Festuca spp. H

Cicer microphyllum H

Aconogonum molle H

Trigonella emodi H

Arnebia euchroma H

Arnebia brevifolia H

Astragalus rhizanthus H

Geranium Sh

Caragana brevifolia Sh

Scorzonera spp. H

Argyreia spp. H

Linedolophia anchusoides H

Cousinia thomsonii H

Festuca spp. H

Astragalus rhizanthus H

Caragana brevifolia Sh

Eurotia ceratoids H

Stipa orientalis G

Carex infuscata G

Linedolophia anchusoides H

Elymus longe-aristatus G

Cicer microphyllum H

Aconogonum molle H

Geranium Sh

Leymus secalinus G

Scorzonera spp. H

Trigonella emodi H

Arnebia euchroma H

Arnebia brevifolia H

Argyreia spp. H

  1. Table listing the perceived importance of fodder species for each livestock species by the respondents. The important species are listed from top to bottom in decreasing order of importance for a livestock species. G graminoids, H herbs, Sh shrubs