In which of the following state of India, coniferous trees are found?

The correct answer is Uttarakhand.

Key PointsConiferous trees

• In mountainous areas, the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude leads to the corresponding change in natural vegetation.
• As such, there is a succession of natural vegetation belts in the same order as we see from the tropical to the tundra region.
• The wet temperate type of forest is found between a height of 1000 and 2000 metres.
• Evergreen broad-leaf trees, such as oaks and chestnuts predominate.
• Between 1500 and 3000 metres, temperate forests containing coniferous trees, like pine, deodar, silver fir, spruce and cedar, are found.
• These forests cover mostly the southern slopes of the Himalayas, places having high altitudes in southern and northeast India.
• At higher elevations, temperate grasslands are common.
• At high altitudes, generally, more than 3,600 metres above sea level, temperate forests and grasslands give way to the Alpine vegetation.
• Silver fir, junipers, pines and birches are the common trees of these forests.
• However, they get progressively stunted as they approach the snowline. Ultimately, through shrubs and scrubs, they merge into the Alpine grasslands.
• These are used extensively for grazing by nomadic tribes, like the Gujjars and the Bakarwals.
• At higher altitudes, mosses and lichens form part of tundra vegetation.