Information was collected on trees, shrubs
and herbs and their uses for different purposes at local
indigenous levels. The economic dependence of local
people is essentially on the plant resources growing in
the riparian zone of Ganga river between Haridwar and
Gangotri. The parameters considered are (1) medicinal,
(2) timber, (3) fodder, (4) fuel wood (5) ecological/
environmental specific (soil binder, pollutants absorbent,
air purifier etc) and (6) miscellaneous values including
edible, religious, ornamental and handicraft.