Trees

Trees

Nepal has a variety of beautiful trees, of which the banyan and the peepal are associated with Hindu and Buddhist holy sites, frequently found beside temples and shrines. It is considered that the original tree under which maya Devi give birth to her son gautama siddharth was not a peepul tree, but probably a sal it may have survived into the 6th or 7th century A.D.The Eucalyptus were introduced into Nepal from Australia in the 19th century, and in Kathmandu can be smelt as you walk along a street after rain has fallen. The spruce, an evergreen, coniferous pine tree which took its name from prussia where it traditionally came from the juniper another evergreen is a crucial ingredient in the flavoring of gin, and in medicines it is used as a diuretic. The laurel, or bay tree, is well known, and cedar and Deodar are found throughout Nepal, with the cedar often used to make incense, and in west Nepal there is an indigenous cypress called Himalayan cypress. The treeline in Nepal there is at 5,000 metres, and above this no trees are found.In the Annapurna Conservation area alpine pasture, alpine
meadow, trans Himalayan Steppe, fire blue pine forest birch forest, Rhododendron forest, sub alpine juniper forest. Hemlock and Oak forest, cypress forest, East Himalayan Oak and Lauren forest, alder forest, Alder forest, and schima castanopsis forest.In the Kanchanjungha conservation area Dwarf Rhododendron scrub, Rhododendron shrubberies, fir and larch forest, Mixed broad leaved forest, East Himalayan Oak and Laurel, and Schim Castanopsis forest.In the Khaptad National park fir, Oak and Rhododendron forest, west Himalayan fir and Hemlock forest, Mountain Oak, Mixed oak and laurel forest. Chir pine and broad leaved forest in the langtang National park Alpine pasure, juniper scrub, alpine meadow, dwarf rhododendron, juniper shrubs, fir and larch forest, mixed blue pin and oak forest, laurel and chir pine forest.In the Makalu Barun Conservation area alpine pasture, alpine meadow, and dwarf rhododendron scrub, fir and birch forest, and rhododendron shrubberies, temperate mountain oak, oak and laurel forest, Hill sal Forest.In Rara National Park alpine mats and scrub, rhododendron and juniper shrubland, fire forest, mountain Oak, upper temperate blue pine forest, and spruce. Mixed Oak and laurel forest.In the shey phoksundo National Park alpine pasture, alpine mats and scrub, trns himalayan steppe, blue pine, birch. Rhododendron forest, larch, mountain oak, cedar and cypress forest, deciduous walnut, maple, alder forest, sleppe with Euphorbia Royleana, Grasses and Artemisia.