Above the tree line are found northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows.

The northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows are found in the high elevations of northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh.

The genus is also abundant in the Eastern and Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows.

Their natural habitat is in the Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregion.

The Valley of Flowers is internationally important on account of its diverse alpine flora, representative of the Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregion.

Higher up are Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows, home to a broad variety of rhododendrons and wildflowers.

The peak is dominated by rocky outcrops, lichens, and alpine shrubs.

Among the alpine shrubs and delicate herbs found there are large buttercups (Ranunculus spp.)

To the north, the Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows transition to the drier Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe of central Tibet.

Alders, birches, rhododendrons and moist alpine shrubs are there as the regional vegetation.