Seybold, SiegmundKull, Ulrich2014-02-252016-03-312014-02-252016-03-311985403459443http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:93-opus-90496http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/8184http://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-8167Some observations on the vegetation and plant-ecology were made on a journey through Zanskar (part of Jammu and Kashmir state). Trees are growing near water-courses on about 3800m also in the dry southern part of Zanskar; the timberline on both sides of the highest ridge of the Himalayas seems to be situated at about 3800-3900m. Crop plants are grown in southern Zanskar on to about 4000m; they need irrigation. The overgrazing led to a vast extension of Artemisia and Astragalus-Acantholimon vegetation units. The 13 places of plant collection, reaching from 2600m to 4700m, are characterized, and a plant list of collected plants with precise locality data is given.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVegetation , Pflanzenökologie , Zanskar580article