Flora and Fauna of Valley of Flowers Uttarakhand

VOF
The Valley of Flowers is in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand and is located 300km north of Rishikesh near Badrinath and at an altitude of 3250-6750 m above the sea level. This National Park is rank Second among places to visit in valley of flowers.

It is the ultimate beautiful place for the tourist to visit, even if we call it heaven it will not be wrong because its beauty is made by looking at it, there is always a crowd of tourists. People come here from far away to spend their holidays and to enjoy the beauty of the National park. This park has the meadow of Alpine flowers.

Best time to visit Flora and fauna The Valley of Flowers
Well, you can come here whenever you want, but when it looks the most beautiful that month is June. June is the perfect time to visit Valley of flowers.

Flora in June
In the month of June, the snow starts melting because of it the new and small plants start growing again and the glacier keeps melting. By the month of July, all the flowers will be in full bloom and this is what makes the flower more beautiful and charming. Here you will see many kinds of flowers which you will not find anywhere in India Here are some different range of Flowers. The Valley of flower park has more than 520 species of flowers like

Epilobium Latifolium (River Beauty also), Ranunculus, Himalayan Blue Poppy, Marsh Marigold, Juncus Himalensis, Aconitum Balfourii, Aconitum Violaceum, Allium humile, and so on.

Fauna
The Valley of flowers is the home of many animal species and the park has more than 13 species of mammal.We can see many species of animals there like Himalayan Thar, Grey Langur, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan weasel, red fox and so on.