Montane Forests


 
 
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Montane Forests

Montane Forests:

These forests cover about 17% of the total forested areas of India and are found in mountainous areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Natural vegetation changes with corresponding change in temperature with increasing altitude in mountainous region. These succession of natural vegetation belts is same as in the order from tropical to tundra vegetation.

  • Changes in climatic conditions, especially temperate and rainfall, increase due to elevation, hence the gradual change in the nature of vegetation is seen in the mountainous parts.
  • It grows in increasing order of elevation from tropical to alpine vegetation Deciduous forests are found i to 1500 m in height.
  • Tropical evergreen forests are found from 1500 to 3500 m in height, whose trees have soft wood.
  • Forests with small leaves of cedar, spruce, silver, fur, pine etc. are found here.
  • The broad - leaf evergreen forests of oak, magnelia and laurel are found in the high rainfall areas of the Eastern Himalaya.
  • Alpine flora can be found at altitudes ranging from 2800 m to 4800 m.
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    What is the special features of Mountain vegetation ?

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    Montane ecosystems refers to any ecosystem found in _______ .

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    Between __________ metres, temperate forests containing coniferous trees like pine, deodar, silver fir, spruce and cedar, are found.

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