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Three sides of everest

In the entrance of Sagarmatha Park, altitude 9,200 ft, Himalayan blue pine dominates the landscape, sprinkled with Himalayan hemlock, prickly oak, rhododendron, and Wallich’s yew—trees that take advantage of the heavier rain fall at these lower altitudes. Fir-birch-rhododendron forests occur between 8,200 and 12,800 ft, totally on north-facing aspects. Walnut, whitebeam, and tree juniper occur …