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High-elevation plants experiencing persistent cold and short growing seasons are predicted to maintain large pools of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) and extensive storage tissue that buffer metabolism and enhance stress tolerance, yet comparative evidence across diverse floras remains scarce. Here, we examine whether high-mountain plants in the western Himalayas increase NSC pools and, consequently, the proportion of storage tissue.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analysed 323 herbaceous species from the western Himalayas spanning 2650\u20136150 m a.s.l. For each species, storage organs were examined anatomically and chemically. Below-ground tissues were sectioned to quantify parenchyma and lignified fractions, and the same organs were analysed for soluble sugars, fructans, starch, nitrogen and phosphorus. Relationships between elevation, tissue anatomy, plant height and biochemical composition were evaluated using phylogenetically informed models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Elevation increased NSC and nutrient concentrations, and these storage pools were linked to the expansion of parenchymatic tissue at the expense of lignified mechanical tissue. Plant height declined with elevation but showed no consistent relationship with anatomy, excluding passive dwarfism as an explanation of increased parenchyma fraction. Among NSC classes, osmotically active soluble sugars and fructans, but not starch, were strong predictors of parenchyma abundance and also tracked elevation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These coordinated anatomical and physiological shifts indicate a linkage of physiology with anatomy, in which elevation-related accumulation of mobile reserves and nutrients expands living storage cells, enhances cryoprotection by lowering cellular osmotic potential, limits ice propagation and buffers metabolism against intermittent carbon and nutrient acquisition. 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