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  2. List of Indian state trees - Wikipedia

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    List of Indian state trees (Union territories) Union territory Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman redwood: Pterocarpus dalbergioides: Chandigarh: Mango [9] Mangifera indica: Delhi: Flamboyant [10] Delonix regia: Jammu and Kashmir: Chinar [11] Platanus orientalis: Ladakh: Juniper [11] Juniperus ...

  3. Meghalaya subtropical forests - Wikipedia

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    The Meghalaya subtropical forests is an ecoregion of Northeast India.The ecoregion covers an area of 41,700 square kilometers (16,100 sq mi), and despite its name, comprise not only the state of Meghalaya, but also parts of southern Assam, and a tiny bit of Nagaland around Dimapur and adjacent Bangladesh.

  4. Outline of Meghalaya - Wikipedia

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    The state is the wettest region of India, recording an average of 12,000 mm (470 in) of rains a year.[6] About 70% of the state is forested.[8] The Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion encompasses the state; its mountain forests are distinct from the lowland tropical forests to the north and south.

  5. Living root bridge - Wikipedia

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    [1] They are common in the Indian state of Meghalaya. The structures are handmade from the aerial roots of rubber fig trees (Ficus elastica [2] [3]) by the Khasi and Jaiñtia [4] [1] peoples of the mountainous terrain along the southern part of the Shillong Plateau. Most of the bridges grow on steep slopes of subtropical moist broadleaf forest ...

  6. Tropical evergreen forests of India - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Category:Flora of Meghalaya - Wikipedia

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    Flora of Meghalaya state — part of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions region of Assam, located in Northeast India; formerly a part of Assam state. Pages in category "Flora of Meghalaya"

  8. Meghalaya - Wikipedia

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    Meghalaya (/ ˌ m eɪ ɡ ə ˈ l eɪ ə, m eɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l ə j ə /; [6] [7] lit. "the abode of clouds" [8]) is a state in northeast India.Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills. [9]

  9. Forest cover by state in India - Wikipedia

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    Tree density is the quantification of how closely the trees are growing in a hectare area. It is not the exact number of trees in the forest but, serves as an estimate to the foresters. [1].The tree density of an area should be mentioned by the working Plan officer (WPO) or Divisional Forest Officer (Working Plan) after his field inspection of ...