Tolipir
Toli Pir (also spelled Tolipeer, Tauli Pir, Tooli Pir, Tolipir, or Toli
Peer) is a hilltop area situated in Tehsil Rawalakot in the Poonch
District of Azad Kashmir. Its approximate height is about 8800 ft above sea
level. It is about 30 km, or a 45-minute drive, from Rawalakot in Azad Kashmir.
Abbaspur, Bagh and Poonch River can be viewed from Toli Pir.
Toli Pir is the highest mountainous location in the northeastern area of
Rawalakot; it is the point of origin of three different mountain ridges. The
tourist rest house on the way to Toli Pir is also situated in a scenic location.
There are some remains of an old mazar on the highest hilltop.
Toli Pir is most accessible during the summer months; the weather is
generally pleasant but becomes colder from October through March. The area's
natural beauty is at its peak from April to September.
Floral Diversity of Tolipir National Park (TNP), Azad Jammu and Kashmir,
Pakistan
Survey of the floral diversity of that area was conducted in summer 2012.
According to this survey, 35 tree species, 19 shrubs, 3 epiphytes, 4 climbers,
75 herbs, 10 ferns, 1 moss and 1 lichen species were recorded. The present
results suggested a relatively long list of plant species (158) for an area of
50 Km2 , yet such a diversity can be expected under diversity in the physical
conditions and hence the associated habitat conditions, i.e., variation in
altitudes (1,367 – 2,617 m asl.), diversity in land exploitation pattern (arable
terrace agriculture interspersed with the wild forested vegetation and ecotone
effect), topographic diversity (hill slopes and plain hill tops having
grasslands, and ravines with different degree of moisture conditions) and
moisture conditions (deeper ravines with thick forested vegetation cover, hardly
receiving the sun light, to open mountain ridges). The study suggested that the
park area was rich in floral diversity, which needed rapid conservation
measures. In future, further detailed studies can add some other rare species
into this list. Keywords: Tolipir National Park, species composition, community
structure.
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