This huge pine forest stretches for 3000 km across the lower elevations of the great Himalaya range for almost its entire length including parts of Pakistan's Punjab Province in the west through Azad Kashmir, the northern Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan, which is the eastern extent of the pine forest.

[2] The forest a thin woodland of drought-resistant trees dominated by Pinus roxburghii,[3] Other species include:[citation needed] There is also a ground cover of thick grass, as regular fires do not allow a shrubby undergrowth to establish itself.

Some of the larger areas can be found in the lower elevations of Kangra and Una Districts of Himachal Pradesh and in Bhutan.

These habitats are vulnerable to logging for firewood or conversion to grazing or farmland and more than half the area has been cleared or degraded which then allows the mountain water to wash away the soil quickly.

The protected areas of pine forest are small but include part of the larger Jim Corbett National Park.