Forest ecosystems are among the largest terrestrial ecosystems inhibiting a vast majority of the biodiversity characterized by their own peculiar floral diversity. The present study was carried to investigate the floristic diversity of the Shankaracharya hill ecosystem situated in south-east of Srinagar city. At present stage of investigation, 125 species of plants distributed under 93 Genera and 44 families were found in the area. The area is dominated by Herbs having (69 sp.) followed by trees (31 sp.), shrubs (23 sp.) and climbers (2 sp.). The study revealed that Dicots form the major component followed by the Monocots and Gymnosperms. Among the Dicots, Rosaceae is the largest family with 21 species and among Monocots; Poaceae is the largest family with 10 species.