ALPINE FLOWERS TOUR

Tour Description

An astonishing array of plants grow in Bhutan: over 5,400 species, including 300 species of medicinal plants, some hardy species thriving even above 3,700m.
The sub-tropical evergreen forests growing below 800m are repositories of a unique biodiversity. The next vegetation zone is the sub-tropical grasslands and forests found between 900m and 1,800. The tropical vegetation of the lower zones gives way to dark forests of oak, birch, maple, magnolia and laurel. Above 2,400m altitude is the home of spruce, yew, and weeping cypress, and higher still, growing up to the tree line, is the east Himalayan fir.
Between the tree line and the snow line at about 5,500m are low shrubs, rhododendrons, Himalayan grasses and flowering herbs.