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The natural cover of India varies with altitude; these evergreen forests are bounded with high alpine meadows nearer to the snowline and temperate forests of short stout trees at lower elevations. In the Himalayan foothills are deciduous trees, with shrubs, bamboo, ferns and grass.The trees here are tall with harwood and broad leaves. The trees ...
Temple Tree (Champa, Frangipani and Pagoda tree; Khera chapha or Pandhra chapha-पांढरा चाफा in Marathi, Chameli or Gulechin in Hindi, Kath champa in Bengali, Rhada Champo in Gujarati, Arali in Tamil) -- Plumeria rubra (also called Plumeria acuminata or Plumeria acutifolia)
Trees Outside Forests: Trees growing outside Recorded Forest Areas; The first satellite recorded forest coverage data for India became available in 1987. India and the United States cooperated in 2001, using Landsat MSS with a spatial resolution of 80 meters, to get accurate forest distribution data.
It is known for its dense forest of tall trees, some of which reach 30 metres in height. Gir National Park: Talala taluk, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat: 1412 km 2: Jakanari reserve forest: Coimbatore: Jim Corbett National Park: Nainital district and Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand: 520.8 km 2: Kanha National Park: Madhya Pradesh: 650 km 2
Throughout coastal India Takes polish. Requires preservative treatment. Used as poles, piles, furniture and as formwork in concrete construction. Deodar: Cedrus deodara: Yellowish brown 560 kg/m 3: 940 lb/cu yd Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Deodar is the most important timber tree providing soft wood.
List of trees with the broadest crowns, by species Species Diameter Tree name Location Notes and References Meters Feet Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) 180 591 Thimmamma Marrimanu: Anantapur, Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India [80] [81] [82] This crown is not from a single trunk. It has hundreds of trunks.
Pages in category "Forests of India" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... Tropical evergreen forests of India; Turahalli Forest; U.
Individual trees in India (7 P) Pages in category "Trees of India" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent ...