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1. The document discusses 5 main types of vegetation found in India: mountain, desert, tidal, deciduous, and tropical. 2. Mountain vegetation is found at high altitudes between 1,000-3,000 meters and includes coniferous trees like pine, deodar, and fir. 3. Desert vegetation is found in parts of western India with low rainfall under 70cm and has scattered plants with deep roots and modified leaves, including cactus, keekar, and babool.

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1. The document discusses 5 main types of vegetation found in India: mountain, desert, tidal, deciduous, and tropical. 2. Mountain vegetation is found at high altitudes between 1,000-3,000 meters and includes coniferous trees like pine, deodar, and fir. 3. Desert vegetation is found in parts of western India with low rainfall under 70cm and has scattered plants with deep roots and modified leaves, including cactus, keekar, and babool.

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETATION OF INDIA

Sr Type Of Area Characteristics Climate and Rainfall Species and their uses
No Vegetation
1 Mountain vegetation On the slopes of the mountain , on the 1. Also called conifers trees. Found between heights 1. Pine : used in making frames
foothills of Himalayas 2. Found at higher altitudes. of 2. Deodar : used in medicines
1000 m -3000 m. 3. Fir: used in making crates and
plywood

2 Desert Vegetation Found in parts of Gujarat, Punjab, 1. Plants are scattered. Rainfall less than 70 cm. 1. Cactus :used in medicines
Haryana and Rajasthan. 2. They have deep roots which go deep 2. Keekar: used as fodder for goats.
into the ground. 3. Babool: used for cleaning teeth.
3. Leaves are modified in thorns to
prevent evaporation.

3 Tidal vegetation They grow by the side of the coast and 1. These forests can survive in saline 1 Sunderi: :used in boat building and
on the edges of the deltas. They are water. firewood.
found mainly in Sunder bans in West 2. They are also called Mangrove 2 Palm: used in weaving baskets.
Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar islands. forests. 3 Coconut:

4 Deciduous vegetation Found in West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, 1 Trees in this vegetation shed their Rainfall between 1 Sal
Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa , Karnataka and leaves. 70 cm – 200 cm 2 Teak
Maharashtra. 2 Trees provide useful wood and are 3 Shisham
high priced. 4 Neem
3 Most widespread vegetation of india.

5 Tropical Vegetation Found in north eastern region of 1 They are found in areas of heavy Rainfall above 200cm 1 Mahagony
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghayala, Assam, rainfall. 2 Rubber
Nagaland and Western Ghats and 2 Because of high rainfall vegetation is 3 Rosewood
Andaman islands. dense.
3 The trees remain green throughout
the year and do not shed their leaves.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETATION OF INDIA

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