■ TROPICAL SEMI - EVERGREEN FORESTS
#Naturalvegetation
◇ They are transitional forests between tropical wet evergreen forests and tropical deciduous forests.
◇ They are comparatively drier areas compared to tropical wet evergreen forests.
□ CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
◇ Annual rainfall is 200-250 cm.
◇ Mean annual temperature varies from 24 to 27 °C.
◇ The dry season is not short like in tropical evergreen forests.
□ DISTRIBUTION
◇ Western coast, Assam, Lower slopes of the Eastern Himalayas, Odisha and Andamans.
□ CHARACTERSTICS
◇ The semi-evergreen forests are less dense.
◇ They are more gregarious (living in flocks or colonies – more pure stands) .
◇ These forests are characterized by many species.
◇ Trees usually have buttressed trunks with abundant epiphytes.
◇ The important species are laurel, rosewood, mesua, thorny bamboo – Western Ghats; white cedar, Indian chestnut, champa, mango, etc.
▪︎ SOURCE - D.R. Khullar, Chapter 7
#Naturalvegetation
◇ They are transitional forests between tropical wet evergreen forests and tropical deciduous forests.
◇ They are comparatively drier areas compared to tropical wet evergreen forests.
□ CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
◇ Annual rainfall is 200-250 cm.
◇ Mean annual temperature varies from 24 to 27 °C.
◇ The dry season is not short like in tropical evergreen forests.
□ DISTRIBUTION
◇ Western coast, Assam, Lower slopes of the Eastern Himalayas, Odisha and Andamans.
□ CHARACTERSTICS
◇ The semi-evergreen forests are less dense.
◇ They are more gregarious (living in flocks or colonies – more pure stands) .
◇ These forests are characterized by many species.
◇ Trees usually have buttressed trunks with abundant epiphytes.
◇ The important species are laurel, rosewood, mesua, thorny bamboo – Western Ghats; white cedar, Indian chestnut, champa, mango, etc.
▪︎ SOURCE - D.R. Khullar, Chapter 7