Question

Name different types of vegetation found in India and describe the vegetation of high altitudes.

Answer 1

Different types of vegetation in India include:

• Tropical Evergreen Forests: Regions are hot and receive heavy rainfall throughout the year.
  
• Monsoon Forests: Monsoon forests are also called as tropical deciduous forests. These include broad leaved deciduous trees. These trees shed their leaves during dry season.
  
• Temperate Deciduous Forests: These regions have cool winters and receive moderate rainfall.
  
• Coniferous Forests: Have cool and short summers and cold and long winters.
  
• At higher altitudes type of vegetation found is temperate grasslands which are generally at a height more than 3600 metres above sea level. This support alpine vegetation. Silver fir, junipers, pines and birches are the common trees found in this type of forests.