Original: The upper parts of the ridge and spurs are covered with thick forests of pine, oak, sycamore, horse-chestnut, and wild cherry; but the slopes are stony and barrenBlack Mountain - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 251.
Simplified: The upper parts of the ridge are covered with thick forests of pine, oak, sycamore, horse-chestnut, and wild cherry; but the slopes are stony and barrenBlack Mountain - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 251.