Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
Not a tree at all — bamboo is a giant grass, and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
Doing okay
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Plants of Nepal
Ecosystem
Climate change
Environment-friendly behaviour
Landslides
Sudden heavy rain washes whole hillsides away — and every plant growing on them. The Chure hills have loose soil, so this happens there most of all.
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Plants this affects
Senegalia catechu
Terai · Siwalik (Chure)
A thorny tree of dry riverbeds. Its heartwood is boiled down to make katha, the brown paste used in paan.
Doing okay
Alnus nepalensis
Middle Hills
The tree that repairs broken land. Alder is usually the first thing to grow back on a landslide scar.
Doing okay