Question

Explain different types of vegetation in India

Answer 1

Six types of natural vegetation available in India are as follows: 1. Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests 2. Monsoon Forests 3. Thorn Forests 4. Desert and Semi-desert Forests 5. Himalayan Forests 6. Tidal Forests.

1. Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests:

These forests are found over areas where the dry season is short and the rainfall in excess of 300 cm. The trees do not shed leaves at any particular time of the trees and hence the ‘evergreen’ nomenclature. The trees reach an height of over 50 meters.

2. Monsoon Forests:

The trees in these forests shed their leaves for about six to eight weeks in summer on account of a long dry spell. There is, however, no common time for leaf shedding. Such forests provide a natural cover over large parts of the country. The rainfall suited for such forests is between75 to 200 cm.

3. Thorn Forests:

These are found in the dry regions where the rainfall is scanty. The trees are small and stunted. Most dry forests are covered with small thorny bushes called scrubs.

4. Desert and Semi-desert Forests:

In the areas where rainfall is less than 100 cm. trees like babool, kikar and wild palms manage to survive. The trees have deep roots and long thorns. The vegetation supports cattle, mostly goats and sheep. It is found mostly in Rajasthan, drier parts of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Deccan.

5. Himalayan Forests:

As we move to higher altitudes, the temperature keeps on falling. Himalayan forests have a succession of vegetation belts starting from foothills and ending at the snow line. Sal grows on the Shiwalik foothills. It is followed by evergreen oaks, chestnuts and pines growing between the altitudes 1000-2000 meters.

6. Tidal Forests:

These forests are found near the sea coasts in the areas flooded by sea tides. In India, they are part of the forests in the delta regions of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra. Mangroves, the typical evergreen trees with stilt-like roots that can survive in fresh water as well as sea water are peculiar to this region.

Answer 2

Explain different types of vegetation in India

Explanation:

• The climatic patterns of the India and physical features have played a major role in the formation of the vegetation in Indian peninsular and thus the natural vegetation can be divided into the five major regions such as the Tropical evergreen forest, the Tropical deciduous forest, the Thorny bushes, and the Mountain vegetation and the Mangrove forests.

• The subtropical coniferous forest is found along with the western parts of the Rajasthan hot desert and the tropical thorny vegetation is found in the state of the Gujarat, Rajasthan and the parts of the Madhya Pradesh and southern states of the Karnataka and the Tamil Nadu.

• While the tropical dry deciduous forest is found through most parts of the Indian subcontinent and whereas the Himalayan dry deciduous is found along the hilly regions of the Kashmir and the Himachal Pradesh and the northeastern arunachal Pradesh, while the Himalayan moist temperate is found in the Jammu and the Himachal Pradesh regions.

• The tropical semi-evergreen and the moist deciduous forest is found along with the western ghats and the northeastern states of the Assam and Nagaland and Tripura and continues to the Uttrakhand and chattighad , west Bengal and orissa and parts of Maharashtra.

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