Himachal Pradesh has a great altitudinal range (300-7,000 masl), with varied species, habitats, communities, populations, and ecosystems. There are more than 3,400 different species of plants are reported to be found in Himachal Pradesh. In the state, excess of thousand plant species identified as aromatic and medicinal appear in temperate forests, Shiwalik hills, alpine and sub-alpine pastures. Majority of the inhabitants in Himachal Pradesh belong to different communities and cultures, with

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... ecific traditional knowledge. In the remote areas, especially high-altitude regions are contemporary medical amenities, and therefore tribal and rural society mainly depends on native medicinal plants. Herein, we compiled 41 medicinal plant species belonging to same or different families used by migratory shepherds in Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary of district Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh. This survey will help the medicos, pharmaceutical industry for refining the public healthiness amenities, and maintenance of wild medicinal plant prosperity of the studied zone.