1. Botanical name

Artemisia maritima L.

2. Synonym(s) 

Artemisia brevifolia Wall. ex DC.

3. Family

Asteraceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Joha, Seski (Kullu)

6. Habit

Perennial under shrub

7. Habitat

Dry slopes, steppe vegetation of the dry Himalaya of the sub alpine / Alpine in Salt tract

8. Original global distribution

India, Nepal, Temperate Asia, Europe

9. Current

regional

distribution

Himachal Pradesh

Udaipur (Lahaul- Spiti), Kaloops (Kinnaur Dt.)

Jammu & Kashmir

Kishtwar, Drass, Baramulla

Uttaranchal

Kedarnath

10. Elevation range (m)

2,600 – 4,500

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Himachal Pradesh

ü

 

 

 

Jammu & Kashmir

 

ü

 

 

Uttaranchal

ü

 

 

 

Data quality

3

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

10 years

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

> 20, 000 Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

>2,000 Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

Many

6

Many

14 a. Data quality

-

15. Threats 

Ov (Over harvest), Hm (Harvest for medicine), T (trade)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Damnak, Seski

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National

Global

Parts traded

Aerial parts including woody stem

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3

17. Other comments

No significant demand from these areas as on now

18. Recent field studies

·       Habitat loss due to Dul Hasti; Lower and upper Jhelum Hydel projects

·       Used as fuel wood in Kargil area

19. Status

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

- CITES     

-

- Legislation

- ve list of exports

- Criteria based on

NT (A 42, c,d)

VU (A 2 4 c, d)

NT (A 2 c)

- IUCN

NT

VU

NT

20. % of global presence

5%

1%

2%

21. Existing Conservation measures

-

22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?

Yes

23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?

Yes

24. Recommendations

 

Research / Management

S (Survey), Hm (Habitat management), M (Monitoring)

a) in situ

Kishtwar, Drass, Baramulla – JK

Kedarnath – UA

Udaipur (Lahaul- Spiti), Kaloops (Kinnaur Dt.) – HP

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

2 (Moderately difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

EN – J&K, H.P ( Kullu CAMP)

27. Data sources (Including literature)

-

28. Compilers

H. B. Naithani (facilitator), S. S. Samant (recorder), M. C. Nautiyal, V. P. Bhat, S. K. Murti, G. A. Kinhal, R. Vijaya Sankar

29. Reviewers

P. Patnaik, Y. K. Sarin, C. M. Seth, Phunchok, O. P. Sharma, D. K. Ved, V. Prabhakaran