Natural Vegetation - Part II Flashcards
Trees found in Dry deciduous forests?
T - Teak A - Axlewood R - Rosewood B - Bel A - Amaltas S - Sal
Large tracts of ………………………………… forests have been cleared for agricultural purposes
dry deciduous
Tropical Desert forests are also known as
Tropical Thorn Forests
Tropical Desert forests are found in areas which receive rainfall less than …………cm
50cm
the mean annual temperature of tropical dessert forests ranges between ……… to …………
25 degree C to 27 degree C
Humidity of tropical dessert forests?
less than 47%
Chief distribution of tropical dessert forests?
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, central and eastern Rajasthan
Tropical desert forests have ……………. type of vegetation
Xerophytic
Acacia and babool have …………….
long tap roots
The acacia trees have a ……………………. relationship with stinging ants
symbiotic
The acacia trees have a symbiotic relationship with …………………
sting ants
In …………….. forests, trees remain leafless for most of the year
Tropical Desert Forest
…………………………. are the lands between terrestrial and aquatic system
wetlands
What are breathing roots called?
pneumatophores
The roots of the trees in Tidal forests are deprived of oxygen during …………………………..
high tides
Important trees of the Tidal forests?
S - Screw Pines K - keora A - Amur R - rhizophora P - Palms C - Canes B - Bhara
Sundari trees are found in ……………………… forests
Tidal forests
the mean annual temperature of mountain forests ranges between ……… to …………
12 degree to 13 degree CC
Mountain forests are found in areas which receive ………….. to ………..cm rainfall
100 to 300cm
At what altitude are mountain forests found
between 1000m to 400m
Areas where mountain forests are chiefly distributed?
Himalayan zone, peninsular region, nilgiris, vindhyas, western ghats
Why are Tropical Deciduous forests most commercially exploited?
Because trees are found in pure strands and it contains valuable timbers like sandalwood and teak
