Plant diversity Assessment of Flag Hill Dokala Road area of Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in Sikkim, India

Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary is a designated protected area which falls under Pakyong District of Sikkim and is bounded to the east by the forests of Bhutan.It has an area of about 128 sq km and was once an important transit point on old silk route.It lies at the crossroads of the Palearctic and Indo-Malayan biogeographic realms that hosts a diverse range of floral and faunal diversity.The vegetation in the sanctuary ranges from alpine, temperate to subtropical.Due to great altitudinal variation from 1300 to above 4,000 m, the vegetation in the sanctuary ranges from alpine (above 3,600 m), temperate (1,800 m and 3,600 m) to subtropical (1,000 m to 2,000 m) types.An extensive field surveys were undertaken for Biodiversity Assessment of Flag Hill Dokala Road, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim and current paper presents a detailed phytodiversity assessment of the area.