Biodiversity of Bhutan

Bhutan has a very rich species of flora ranging from altitudes as low as 200m to as high as 4000m. Over 5500 species of vascular plants have been recorded till date including 46 species of Rhododendrons and 369 species of Orchids and over 300 types of medicinal plants. One of Bhutan's ancient names given by the Tibetan neighbors was Menjong yul, meaning "the land of Medicinal

there are four national parks, one nature reserve and four wildlife sanctuaries provide habitats to some 200 species of mammals, over 800++ bird species and at least 5,600 species of vascular plants. Bhutan is putting its maximum effort to minimize the risk of local extinction amongst populations of plants and animals.