The temperate alpine cover is found in the high hills of the northern montane belt comprising Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Assam. The chief forage species are Agropyron spp., Agrostis spp., Dactylis glomerata, Phleum alpinum, Poa pratensis, Festuca ovina, Fetuca rubra and Bromus ramosus

Though we have excellent grasses in our natural grasslands, yet owing to the continual use and misuse of grasslands, for centuries in the past, the proportion of perennial species has considerably dwindled, resulting in the preponderance of annual, inferior and less palatable grasses, coupled with a high density of undesirable bushes and shrubs. Thus, these reservoirs of forage require careful attention, care and scientific management. The following steps should be adopted, depending upon the condition of the grassland to be brought under biological improvement.