Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region, rung area also have a variety in vegetation.so here are some of the trees and plants we can find in this region. •Womun: Its a himalayan cyprus(cupressue torulosa), height around 150 ft n thickness 12-16 ft diam, it is used for construction, its found in places 10000 ft above sea level,its fruit linka is used to make blue ink (Womun is called Womb-balu Shying in darma-lo). •Lim-shyin: Blue pine(pinus longifolia),found in 6,000-11,000 ft above sea level, it yields better construction wood as compared to womun. •Shyek-shyin: It is found in 11,000-13,000 ft above sea level, it is used to make shyola(bhojpatra)(Shyek-Shyin or Shya-Shing in darma-lo). •Pama: Its a typical form of devdar,found above 10,000 ft,in Kuti and Tinkar its green leaves are used as a fuel. •Tung-shyin and Kan-shyin are other trees used for construction. •If we talk of the food bearing trees and plants,there are Akhrot(Akhrotu), Bang-baa-lvu(Bum-ba-lvu), Kotobali(Ku-tub), Babali, Shyonkoli n Shyapli(wild rose)(Shyap-lvu in darma-lo), its roots are used in tea making, Feralvu, Chuku, Dondonli, Guldum, Ritpali, Maangli and Mutli, above 10000 ft Hetu, Lungriya(lunga-riya), Mokshya(Mok-shya) and pacho(bichcho) can be seen in quantity. •Some of the spices are Mayin, Hedani and Dhayi. •Wild vegetation includes Ra-shyin, Gangari, Cham-shyin, Kupri-shyin, Nhari, Pangar and ken-shyin. •Other useful trees are Balek-shyin, Dhyar(devdar), Patakche, sir-shyin and machkan(Machchhang), khayi(May in darma-lo) is used for makin baskets and mats for floors. Kilmuru and Chirchya are used for obtaining colours. •We can also find medicinal plants in these region,in narayan ashram the seeds of priceless herbs are collected and then exported to outside world. There are a lot more we dont know, Hence we can say that this region has variety of natural and planted vegetation. click on the names for the pics of trees.

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