0 ▁m , ▁and ▁higher ▁al pine ▁above ▁ 3 , 7 0 0 ▁m . ▁The ▁habit ats ▁include ▁valley ▁bottom , ▁river ▁bed , ▁small ▁for ests , ▁me adows , ▁er oded , ▁scr ub by ▁and ▁stable ▁s lop es , ▁m ora ine , ▁plate au , ▁b ogs , ▁stone ▁desert ▁and ▁c aves . ▁The ▁lower ▁surrounding ▁hills ▁in ▁the ▁buffer ▁zone ▁are ▁thick ly ▁for ested . ▁The ▁Forest ▁Research ▁Institute ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁recorded ▁ 6 0 0 ▁species ▁of ▁ang ios per ms ▁and ▁ 3 0 ▁p ter id oph y tes ▁in ▁the ▁valley ▁and ▁surr ound ings , ▁discover ing ▁ 5 8 ▁new ▁records ▁for ▁the ▁valley ▁of ▁which ▁ 4 ▁were ▁new ▁for ▁H imal ay an ▁state . ▁Of ▁these ▁plants , ▁ 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 6 ▁species ▁glob ally ▁threatened ▁are ▁not ▁found ▁in ▁N anda ▁De vi ▁National ▁Park ▁or ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁U tt ar ak hand : ▁A con it um ▁fal con eri , ▁A . ▁b alf ouri , ▁H imal ay an ▁map le ▁( A cer ▁ca es ium ), ▁the ▁blue ▁H imal ay an ▁po ppy ▁( Me con opsis ▁ac ule ata ) ▁and ▁S auss ure a ▁at kin son i . ▁K ala ▁class ified ▁ 3 1 ▁species ▁of ▁rare ▁and ▁end anger ed ▁categories ▁within ▁the ▁national ▁park ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁Further ▁his ▁studies ▁report