FORESTS OF INDIA
by-Bkumar
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forest refers to a large area of land covered with naturally growing trees,grass and bushes.
A large area of land covered with trees is called a forest.
The forests in India can be divided into five major groups.
S. No.
|
Name of the
forest
|
Located in the States
|
Important Trees
|
1
|
Evergreen
Forest
|
Assam,Arunachal
Pradesh,Meghalaya,
Tripura,slopes of Western Ghat ,
Andaman and Nicobar islands
|
Rosewood,sandalwood,bamboo,
teak,Ebony,mahogany
|
2
|
Deciduous
Forest
|
Andhra Pradesh,Telangana,Bihar,
Odisha,Chhattishgarh,Jharkhand,
Karnataka,Kerala
and Tamil Nadu
|
Teak,sal,sandalwood,bamboo
And Shisham
|
3
|
Thorn
Forest
|
Rajasthan,part
of Gujarat and
Punjab
|
Kikar,babul
and date palm
|
4
|
Coniferous
Forest
|
Jammu and
Kashmir,Himachal
Pradesh,Uttarakhand
and Arunachal
Pradesh
|
Pine,fir,oak,deodar
and spruce
|
5
|
Tidal Forest
(mangrove
forest)
|
West Bengal(Sundarbans)
|
sundari
|
