The division is involved in survey, collection, morphological characterization, and creation of databases of economically important plant species of western Himalaya. Institute has so far covered 50% area of Himachal Pradesh. "himFloris", "himVanSankat" "him-Padap-Sanklan" , TRAMPIS and Forest hyperspectral library are some of the important databases developed by the institute. Frequently, ethnobotanical surveys are also carried out in different areas of H.P to identify plants used by the natives for various purposes, the information thus generated are documented and submitted to CSIR under Traditional knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) project. Mapping of landscape elements and plant resources of HP on the basis of topographic maps and satellite images was initiated in 2004. The landuse/landcover maps of Kangra district, Bhabha valley in kinnaur district, Solang nala watershed in kullu district and Pangi area in Chamba district have been generated. Maps of apple orchard in Spiti valley and bamboo resources in Kangra, Hamirpur and Una districts were also developed.
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