The main objective of the study was to gathered information about medicinally important wild plants and their conservation status in the targeted area. Semi-structured questionnaire was used to enlist plants of highly medicinal values by interviewing informants especially elders of the area. Conservation status was determined by adopting IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) standard criteria (2001). Results revealed that majority of the plants were utilized as whole 50 (27.3%), followed by fruits 41 (22.4%), leaves 34 (18.6%), seeds 15 (8.1%), roots 10 (5.4%), bark 8(4.3%) and flower 7 (3.9%) for the treatment of various ailments. Common mode of administration was found to be decoction. FIV (family importance value) highest family importance value was recorded for Lamiaceae (97.5%) followed by Rosaceae (96.25%) and Asteraceae (95%) while, lowest FIV (family importance value) was noted for Myrtaceae (3.7%). The results of RFC (relative frequency of citation) indicated highest value for Berberis pseudumbellata (0.37%) followed by Skimmia laureola and Juglans regia (0.35%) each while; lowest RFC (relative frequency of citation) was noted for Ocimum bacilicum (0.01%). Conservation status revealed that 94 species (58.8%) were rare, vulnerable 48 species (30%), infrequent 15 species (9.37%) and 3 species (1.9%) were endangered.

Key words: Ethnomedicinal flora; Conservation status; RFC; FIV; Dardyal valley; Swat.