Flora
These pine forests of Northeast India and Myanmar are examples of a habitat, pine forest, that is rare in the Indomalaya ecozone. Tenasserim Pine (Pinus latteri) is the dominant species at lower elevations, sometimes associated with dipterocarps. At higher elevations, Khasi Pine (P. kesiya) and Blue Pine (P. wallichiana) are the predominant species, associated with other evergreens including hemlocks (Tsuga) and firs (Abies), and broadleaf trees, including oaks (Quercus) and maples (Acer), while Rhododendron, Ilex, Prunus, and bamboo (Arundinaria) are common understory shrubs.
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