Page 2 - L-14- Forests of India - USES AND TYPES-MM

pick , bats, hockey sticks etc. wood pulp for paper, medicine, rubber, cork,

etc.
2. They also provide shelter to wildlife, purify air, regulates rain, more than

forty percent of the world's fuel is supplied by forests.

Types Forests in India
Evergreen forest –

 Features- They have a variety of trees that do not shed leaves at the same
time and remain green whole year.

 Areas- Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, slopes of Western
Ghats, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
 Trees-Rosewood, sandalwood, teak, ebony, bamboo and mahogany.

Deciduous Forests(Monsoon Forest)
 Features- Deciduous means tending to fall off. Trees shed their leaves
annually, in these forests.

 Areas- Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

 Trees- Teak, bamboo, sandalwood,sal and shisham.
Thorn Forests (Desert Forests)

Features- The trees of these forests are scattered and short.
Areas- Rajasthan, parts of Gujarat and Punjab.

Trees-Kikar, babul and date palm