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Question
Write some plants are found in the sub-alpine forests.
Solution
This type of vegetation is found in the altitude ranging between 2900 m to 3500 m, where snowfall occurs for several weeks in a year with less than 65 cm annual rainfall. Hence, strong winds and below 00 C temperature prevail for the greater part of the year. The common tree species are Abies, Pinus, Betula, Quercus, Salix, Rhododendron with plenty of epiphytic orchids, mosses, and lichens. They occur in the Himalayas from Ladakh in the West to Arunachal in East Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Jammu, and Kashmir.
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