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Natural vegetation of India  Introduction 

The trees and plants that grows without any intervention of human beings and grows naturally depending upon factors like soil, temperature and rainfall etc. For example : forests, grasslands. India is home to many variety of plant species and one of the bio-diversity countries of the world.

 Types of Natural vegetation in India: 

1.Tropical Evergreen forest

2.Tropical deciduous forest

3.Thorny

4.Montane vegetation

 Tropical Evergreen : 

The word evergreen itself denotes that the forest is evergreen throughout the year. This type of forests are heterogeneous in nature.Mahogany, Ironwood, Aini, Ebony are some the trees grown in this type of vegetation in India. Regions: west coast of India, North East of India and Andaman and Nicobar.

This type of vegetation is possible only in the areas where rainfall is more than 200 cm.

 Tropical Deciduous forest : 

This type of forest are mostly dominated by few varieties of plants and trees where, at particular season majority of trees shed their leaves in a particular season. Teak, sal, sandalwood are some examples of this type of vegetation. This type of vegetation needs more 70 - 200 cm of rainfall. They are homogenous in nature.

 Thorny vegetation : 

This type of vegetation is seen in the desert. Where less rainfall and dry. Cactus, babool, dates palm are some of the plant species grown in this type of vegetation. This type of is dominated in regions of Rajasthan and interior of Deccan plateau.

 Montane vegetation : 

This type of vegetation is found in mountain regions and it varies and further it is classified into many. This type of vegetation is found in Himalayas and western ghats.