1.
Alpine Scrub is:

2.
These are generally, but not always, developed above the birch zone and in patches, sometimes extensive, within it, probably conditioned by edaphic and biotic factors, in Kashmir, Gilgit, Chitral and Hazra. This type ascends normally to ______ or more above the sub-alpine forests and climate must be similar but more severe than in sub-alpine forests:

3.
The characteristic genera are ______ with Junipers and occasionally Rhododendron or Ephedra:

4.
Sub-alpine forest is:

5.
The conifers rarely exceed 8 m. In height, the broadleaved trees reach about 9m. And the shrub growth about ______

6.
The conifers often attain a considerable girth even upto 3m. Whilst the brich may reach _________

7.
This is the topmost tree formation in the Himalayas developed between about ______ on northerly aspects and perhaps 150 m. Higher on warmer slopes:

8.
Sub-alpine forests found in:

9.
Mean annual temperature is about 10

10.
Dry temperate forests depict: