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Types of forests
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- 1TYPES OF FORESTS1. Tropical Evergreen forests
2. Tropical Deciduous forests
3. Thorny bushes & Shrubs
4. Mangrove forests
5. Montane forests - 2TROPICAL EVERGREEN FORESTS Rains: 200cm anually Places: Western ghats, Andaman, Upper parts of Assam Trees: Ebony, Rosewood, Rubber, Animals: Elephants, Lemur, Monkey, One horned rhinoceros
- 3TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FORESTS Rains: 100-200cm anually Places: North eastern states of Jharkhand, West Orissa and Chhattisgarh Trees: Teak, Sandalwood, Mulberry Animals: Lion, Tiger, bear
- 4THORNY 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
- 5MANGROVE 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
- 6MONTANE 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
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