Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
Ecoregion (WWF)
The Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion of the elevations of the northwestern Himalaya of China, India, and Pakistan. As well as parts of the Hindu Kush range.
Setting
Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows cover 49,400 square kilometres (19,100 mi2) at elevations between 3,300 and 3,600 metres (10,800 and 11,800 ft) in the northwestern Himalayas. They are found in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir in northwestern India and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan in northern Pakistan.
Flora
This ecoregion's flora is composed mostly of krummholz and herbaceous plants.
Various rhododendrons live in the scrub habitat near timberline, as do junipers and birches. Although several species of rhododendron are recorded in this ecoregion, they are represented by a lesser greater diversity than in the eastern Himalaya, where 60 species are reported in the Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests.
Genera of herbaceous plants include Doronicum, Delphinium, Gentiana, Meconopsis, Pedicularis, Anemone, Aster, Polygonum, Primula, and Mertensia. Scree habitats include Caragana, Saxifraga, Draba, and Gypsophila.
Fauna
Eighty mammals species are reported in this ecoregion.
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