the areas of less rainfall100 cm to 70 cm 3. Tropical Less than 1. Trees are Rats , mice North- western thorn and 70 cm rabbits, fox, parts of India, scattered. Scrub wolf, tiger, semi-arid areas 2. Trees have long Forests lion, goats, of Gujarat, roots penetrating wild ass, Rajasthan, deep into the soil horses, Madhya and spreading in the camels Pradesh, Uttar radial pattern to find Pradesh and water. Haryana 3. Leaves are mostly small and waxy to minimize the evaporation. 4. In the drier regions, thorny trees and the scrubs grow. 4. Temperate Less than 1. They flourish up 1000 m Kashmir In the – forests and 70 cm teak, stag, mountainous to the height of Grasslands shisham, sal spotted areas like about 1000 m. and rosewood deer, wild Himalayas 2. Above the tropical 1000m to sheep, jack deciduous forests, 2000m oak, rabbit, – between 1000 to chestnuts Tibetan 2000m wet 3000m- pine, antelope, temperate type of deodar, silver yak, snow forests flourishes. fir, spruce leopard, Here evergreen and cedar squirrels, broad- leaves trees Higher shaggy horn like oak and wild ibex, chestnut red panda, goat with the thick hair. S.No. Forest Type Rainfall Characteristics Plant species Animal Regions species Silver fir, Snow Found at high 5. Alpine and Less than 1. Here temperate the Tundra 70 cm in junipers, leopard, yak altitudes forests and Vegetation form of pines, generally more grasslands are snow birches, than 3600m replaced by Alpine shrubs, above the sea type of vegetation. scrubs, levels 2. As these trees Alpine approach the grasslands snowline, they get progressively stunted. 3. they ultimately through the scrubs and the shrubs merge into the grasslands which act
the areas of less rainfall100 cm to 70 cm 3. Tropical thorn and Scrub Forests Less than 70 cm 1. Trees are scattered. 2. Trees have long roots penetrating deep into the soil and spreading in the radial pattern to find water. 3. Leaves are mostly small and waxy to minimize the evaporation. 4. In the drier regions, thorny trees and the scrubs grow. Rats , mice rabbits, fox, wolf, tiger, lion, goats, wild ass, horses, camels North- western parts of India, semi-arid areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana 4. Temperate forests and Grasslands Less than 70 cm 1. They flourish up to the height of about 1000 m. 2. Above the tropical deciduous forests, between 1000 to 2000m wet temperate type of forests flourishes. Here evergreen broad- leaves trees like oak and chestnut 1000 m – teak, shisham, sal and rosewood 1000m to 2000m – oak, chestnuts 3000m- pine, deodar, silver fir, spruce and cedar Higher Kashmir stag, spotted deer, wild sheep, jack rabbit, Tibetan antelope, yak, snow leopard, squirrels, shaggy horn wild ibex, red panda, goat with the thick hair. In the mountainous areas like Himalayas S.No. Forest Type Rainfall Characteristics Plant species Animal species Regions 5. Alpine and the Tundra Vegetation Less than 70 cm in form of snow 1. Here temperate forests and grasslands are replaced by Alpine type of vegetation. 2. As these trees approach the snowline, they get progressively stunted. 3. they ultimately through the scrubs and the shrubs merge into the grasslands which act Silver fir, junipers, pines, birches, shrubs, scrubs, Alpine grasslands Snow leopard, yak Found at high altitudes generally more than 3600m above the sea levels