TYPES OF FORESTS

TROPICAL EVERGREEN FORESTS

Rains: 200cm anually
Places: Western ghats, Andaman, Upper parts of Assam
Trees: Ebony, Rosewood, Rubber,
Animals: Elephants, Lemur, Monkey, One horned rhinoceros

TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FORESTS

Rains: 100-200cm anually
Places: North eastern states of Jharkhand, West Orissa and Chhattisgarh
Trees: Teak, Sandalwood, Mulberry
Animals: Lion, Tiger, bear

THORNY BUSHES AND SHRUBS

Rain: <70cm anually
Places: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana
Plants: Acacias, palms, euphorbias and cacti
Animals: great Indian bustard and blackbuck

MANGROVE FORESTS
Rain: Between 1000 and 1500 mm per year
Places: Pichavaram mangroves in Tamil Nadu, Bhitarkanika Mangroves Forest of Odisha, by the Bay of Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat
Plants: palms, hibiscus, holly, plumbago, acanthus, legumes, and myrtle, ranging from prostrate shrubs to 65-meter timber trees
Animals: Royal Bengal Tiger, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes

MONTANE FORESTS

Rain: 150 to 300cm anually
Places: southern portion of the Western Ghats range in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, at elevations over 1000 meters.
Plants: Douglas-Fir, Lodgepole Pine, Western Larch, Subalpine Fir, Thimbleberry
Animals: Mule Deer,Mountain Lion,Fisher,Wolverine,
Canada Lynx,Red Squirrel,
American Marten,Snowshoe Hare