Editing Nainital (section)

=== Flora and fauna ===
The areas around Nainital (in the middle [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] ranges up to {{convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}}, a [[temperate zone]]), is rich in flora  (typical [[temperate climate]] plants) and fauna.<ref name=flora>{{Cite web|url=http://nainital.nic.in/flora.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407212245/http://nainital.nic.in/flora.htm|url-status=dead|title=Introduction, Horticulture, Medicinal flora, Animals and Fishes|archive-date=7 April 2008|access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref> The trees and bushes grown in the region (lake's basin) with their botanical and common Indian names (in parentheses) are: ''[[Quercus leucotrichophora]]'' [[Oak]] (Banj), ''[[Aesculus indica]]'' (Pangar or Horse chestnuts), ''[[Juglans regia]]'' (Akhrot or walnut), ''[[Populus ciliata]]'' (Hill Pipal, a sacred tree), ''[[Fraxinus|Fraxinus micrantha]]'' (Ash tree or Angu), ''[[Platanus orientalis]]'' (Chinar), ''[[Rubus lasiocarpus]]'' (Hisalu), ''[[Rosa moschata]]'' (Kunj or Musk rose), ''[[Berberis asiatica]]'' (Kilmora), ''[[Cupressus torulosa]]'' (Surai or [[Himalayan cypress]]), ''[[Rhododendron arboreum]]'' (Buruns), ''[[Cedrus deodara]]'' (Deodar), ''Salix acmophylla''  ([[Salix babylonica#Horticultural selections and related hybrids|Weeping Willow]]), and ''[[Pinus]]'' (Pine).<ref name = flora/>

Several species of medicinal flora and horticulture plants have also been found in the lake. The Aquatic Macrophytic vegetation include ''[[Potamogeton pectinatus]]'', ''Potamogeton crispus'', ''Polygonum glabrum'', ''Polygonum amphibium'' and ''[[Polygonum hydropiper]]'' ([[Water pepper]]).<ref name = flora/> The fishes found in the lake are generally [[carps]] [[Mahseer]], and the [[mirror carp]] which breed several times during one spawning season during May to September. Two species of Mahaseer fish viz., Tor tor: The red finned [[mahseer]] and the ''[[Tor putitora]]'': The yellow finned [[mahseer]], a food fish which grows to varying sizes from 20 to 60&nbsp;cm (7.87 to 23.62&nbsp;inches) are found. Three species of Hill Trout are found in the lake: the ''Schizothorax sinuatus'', ''Schizothorax richardsoni'' and ''Schizothorax plagiostornus''. The imported fish bred in the lake is Mirror carp or ''[[Cyprinus carpio]]''.<ref name = flora/> ''[[Gambusia affinis]]'' also called Mosquitofish has been introduced in the lake as a biocontrol measure to control [[Mosquito]] [[larva]]e.<ref name = flora/>