GARDEN FOREST

NATURAL VEGETATION OF INDIA

 WHAT IS
NATURAL
VEGETATION?

• PLANTS AND TREES

GROWING NATURALLY IN
AN AREA.
• WHICH ARE NOT
PLANTED OR GROWN BY
PEOPLE.
• INDIA’S NATURAL
VEGETATION IS VARIED
BECAUSE OF ITS VARIED
GEOGRAPHY AND
CLIMATE.
• THERE ARE SEVERAL
TYPES OF NATURAL
VEGETATION FOUND IN
INDIA.
 NATURAL VEGETATION
FOUND IN INDIA
• TROPICAL EVERGREEN FORESTS
• DECIDUOUS (MONSOON) FORESTS
• THORN AND SCRUB VEGETATION
• MONTANE (MOUNTAIN) FORESTS
• MANGROVE FORESTS
 TROPICAL EVERGREEN FORESTS
• Theses forests are green
throughout the year because all
the trees do not shed all their
leaves at the same time.
• When some shed their leaves,
others grow new leaves.
• The trees in these forests are
very tall and leafy.
• Found in places where there is
heavy rainfall – western slopes
of the Western Ghats, the hills of
north – eastern India.
• Eg : rosewood, ebony and
mahogany.
 ROSEWOOD MAHOGANY EBONY

TROPICAL EVERGREEN FORESTS

DECIDUOUS (MONSOON) FORESTS
• Deciduous forests are also
called monsoon forests.
• These trees shed their leaves
every year in the dry season.
• Found in Bihar, Madhya
Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar
Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
• Eg: Teak, sal, mahua, semul
and sandalwood
 DECIDUOUS
MAHUA SAL
(MONSOON)
FORESTS

SANDALWOOD TEAK
 THORN AND SCRUB VEGETATION
• This vegetation consists
mostly of bushes and a
few trees like keekar,
babul and date palms.
• The plants have long
roots, a thick bark,
sharp thorns and small
leaves.
• They can survive on
very little water for
many months.
 •It is found in the desert areas of Rajasthan and
THORN AND SCRUB the dry areas of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
VEGETATION pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
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