rakh

scrub forest

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plant life of Pakistan

  • Pakistan
    In Pakistan: Plant and animal life

    Dry scrub forests, called rakhs, grow in parts of the arid plain. In the northern and northwestern foothills and plains, shrub forests, principally acacia, and wild olive are found. In the wetter parts of the northern and northwestern mountains, evergreen coniferous softwood forests, with some broad-leaved species, grow. Fir,…

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