Question

To which one of the following types of vegetation does rubber belong to? (a) Tundra (b) Himalayan (c) Tidal (d) Tropical Evergreen

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is option (D) – Tropical Evergreen.

• Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in places having heavy rainfall such as Western Ghats, upper parts of Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, coast of Tamil Nadu.
• The trees found in Tropical Evergreen Forests grow upto a height of 60 metres or above.
• The other commercially important trees found in tropical evergreen forests are cinchona, rosewood, mahogany, ebony.
• At high altitudes,grasslands and temperate forests make way for Alpine vegetation. These are generally found at altitudes more than 3600 metres above sea level.
• The common trees of these forests are birches, pines, junipers, Silver fir.
• In Tundra vegetation, at higher altitudes, lichens and mosses are part of tundra vegetation.
• In Mountainous regions, as the altitude increases, the vegetation keeps changing.
• Between the heights of 1000 metres and 2000 metres, wet temperate types of forests are found. In these forests, predominantly chestnuts and oaks are found.