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a stunted, high-altitude evergreen forest found in southern India (N.B. the word is probably derived from the Tamil word "solai," meaning a "thicket" or "bamboo clump," and Tamil is a language spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka)

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  • The Forest Department and DTPC offers guided treks inside this magnificent shola which is now notified as a National Park.
  • Caller: ok, i know u're not shola but can i talk to you?
  • The montane shola-grassland complexes occur between 1,900 and 2,220 m.
  • The characteristic species in these shola forests include Syzigium spp.,
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