Question

Write short notes on :
Mountain or Alpine forest

Answer 1

Mountain or Alpine forest:  These forests are mainly found in Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh. Different types of vegetation occur at different altitudes. The lower foothills have deciduous forests and the middle slopes have mixed deciduous conifers. Grass grows on very high slopes. Coniferous forests have softwood evergreen trees like sal, oak, ash, beech, chir pine, silver fir, chestnut, cedar, and deodar.