Coniferous forests are found at altitudes ranging from  in most of the northern and northwestern highlands. In the xeric regions of Balochistan, date palm and ''Ephedra'' are common. In most of the Punjab and Sindh, the Indus plains support tropical and subtropical dry and moist broadleaf forest as well as tropical and xeric shrublands. These forests are mostly of mulberry, acacia, and eucalyptus. About 2.2% or  of Pakistan was forested in 2010.