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TROPICAL SEMI - EVERGREEN FORESTS
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◇ They are
transitional forests between tropical wet evergreen forests and tropical deciduous forests.
◇ They are
comparatively drier areas compared to tropical wet evergreen forests.
□ CLIMATIC CONDITIONS◇ Annual rainfall is
200-250 cm.◇ Mean annual temperature varies from
24 to 27 °C.◇ The
dry season is not short like in tropical evergreen forests.
□ DISTRIBUTION
◇ Western coast, Assam, Lower slopes of the Eastern Himalayas, Odisha and
Andamans.
□ CHARACTERSTICS◇ The
semi-evergreen forests are less dense.
◇ They are
more gregarious (living in flocks or colonies – more pure stands) .
◇ These forests are characterized by
many species.◇ Trees usually have
buttressed trunks with abundant epiphytes.
◇ The important species are
laurel,
rosewood,
mesua,
thorny bamboo – Western Ghats;
white cedar,
Indian chestnut, champa, mango, etc.
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SOURCE -
D.R. Khullar, Chapter 7
