Question: Which of the following tree is not an example for thorny type of forest?
Options:
Red sandal
Keekar
Babool
More than one of the above
-Natural vegetation refers to a plant community, which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time.Â
-India is a land of a great variety of natural vegetation.
-Depending upon the variations in the climate and the soil, the vegetation of India changes from one region to another.
-On the basis of certain common features such as predominant vegetation type and climatic regions, Indian forests can be divided into the following groups:Â
-Tropical Evergreen forests
-Tropical Deciduous forests
-Tropical Thorn forests
-Montane forests
-Littoral and Swamp forests
• 🔑Key Points:Tropical Thorn Forests:
-Tropical thorn forests occur in areas that receive rainfall less than 50 cm.
-These consist of a variety of grasses and shrubs.
-In these forests, plants remain leafless for the most part of the year and give an expression of scrub vegetation.
-Important species found are babool, ber, and wild date palm, khair, neem, khejri, palas, etc.
-In India, these types of forest are found in semi-arid areas of southwest Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh.
-In these forests, plants remain leafless for most of the year and give an expression of scrub vegetation.
🔴Additional Information:
• Tropical Deciduous forest:
-These are the most widespread forests in India.
-They are also called the monsoon forests.
-They spread over regions that receive rainfall between 70-200 cm.
-On the basis of the availability of water, these forests are further divided into moist and dry deciduous.
-Teak, sal, shisham, hurra, mahua, amla, semul, kusum, and sandalwood etc. are the main species of moist deciduous forests.