Table 1.

Geographical allocation of various pines species in HR [2].

Pine species	Habitat and distribution	Altitude (m)
P. gerardiana	Occur in drier rocky slope in some part of J&K and Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh	2000-3350
P. wallichiana	Found in the higher altitude of Himalayas drier region along with J&K up to Arunachal Pradesh north-eastern region of India	Till 2700
P. roxburghii Sarg.	Grows up and found in outer Himalayan valleys drier region of J&K to the Arunachal Pradesh	400-2300
P. merkusii	Found some regions in high moisture area of Indo-Myanmar border	1500
P. kesiya or insularis	Grows up in high moisture regions of Meghalaya north-eastern part of India	Up to 3000