Himalayan Ecology and Environment

Abundant alpine altitude Aphanamixis polystachia arborea Arunachal Pradesh association Benth Castanopsis climber climbing shrub Common conifers Darjeeling hills deciduous deciduous tree density Dillenia Dillenia pentagyna distribution Drupe Dry mixed forests Duars Eastern Himalayas Edaphic epiphytes evergreen fauna ferns Flower yellow Flowers white foot hill forests forests of Darjeeling Garuga genera grassland gregarious ground vegetation herb Himalayas India Jalpaiguri Kalimpong Kurseong Lauraceae Leaves Linn Linn.-A Litsaea lower hills forest Macaranga Machilus Meliosma metres Michelia middle hills moist Moraghat Narenga North Bengal Occurrence Oplismenus Oplismenus compositus parviflora percentage plains and foot plants Premna purple Quercus Rare regeneration region Rhododendron Riverain forests Roxb Roxb.-A Sal forests Schima Schima wallichii Shorea forests Shorea robusta shrub Sikkim sikkimensis Singalila Range sized tree small tree soil Sporadic stem Sterculia villosa storey Symplocos Syzygium tall temperate forests temperate hills Terai Terminalia belerica Tista valley Toona transects upto Wall zone