Native Plants of Pakistan by Ecoregion

Browse native plants of Pakistan by ecoregion. Each ecoregion reflects a distinct native plant community, identified from real-world occurrence data. Choose one below to see its native species.

Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh Indus River Delta–Arabian Sea mangroves Indus River Delta–Arabian Sea mangroves Indus River Delta–Arabian Sea mangroves South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert Northwestern thorn scrub forests Thar desert Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows East Afghan montane conifer forests East Afghan montane conifer forests Registan–North Pakistan sandy desert East Afghan montane conifer forests Baluchistan xeric woodlands Indus Valley desert Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Western Himalayan broadleaf forests Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Himalayan subtropical pine forests Western Himalayan broadleaf forests Karakoram–West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Himalayan subtropical pine forests Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Rock and Ice Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Hindu Kush alpine meadow Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Karakoram–West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Rock and Ice Karakoram–West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Karakoram–West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe

* How these results were determined: ecoregion boundaries come from a global habitat classification developed by conservation scientists at the World Wildlife Fund. Plant occurrence records come from GBIF (the Global Biodiversity Information Facility), an international open-data network built largely from citizen and academic scientists who photograph plants in the field and upload the sighting with GPS coordinates through apps like iNaturalist. We cross-reference each plant's occurrence points against the ecoregion boundaries and each species' known native range in this country to flag which matches are best supported by the evidence. You can add further filters to these results such as state, trees, wildflowers, light, or soil type using the search box once you finish clicking through to a listing. Because the ecoregion plant listings depend on citizen-science mobile phone data, they are not fully complete and some ecorgions are skipped due to lack of data.