Question

Give the difference between evergreen forests and deciduous forests

Answer 1

Evergreen Forest receive rainfall above 200cm and Deciduous Forest receive rainfall between 200cm to 70cm.
Evergreen trees shed their leaves in specific period of time and Deciduous trees shed their leaves throughout the year.
Flora like ebony, rosewood are found in evergreen Forest and flora like sal, teak, neem,etc . are found in Deciduous Forest. Fauna like one horned rhinoceros, etc . are found in evergreen Forest and fauna like lion, tiger, etc . are found in Deciduous Forest.

Answer 2

Evergreen forests:

1. Shisham, ebony, rosewood, telsar, tun or red cedar, teak gurjan, mahogany, and bamboo are the common species of trees growing here.

2. There forests have broad-leaves hardwood trees. There are trees growing up to 60m.

3. There forests are found in areas that receive an annual rainfall of over 300m and are very humid.

Deciduous forests:

1. Teak, Sal, mahua, khair, sandalwood, jackfruit, semal, myrobalan, and banyan, are the main species of trees growing here.

2. There trees shed their leaves during the dry season to conserve water. The trees are shorter than those found in evergreen forests. They do no grow close to each other. They have long roots.

3. There forests are found in areas that receive an annual rainfall between 100 and 200cm, have distinct dry and wet seasons, and a low range of temperature.