Forest Types
Forest Types

Forest Types

The occurrence of eight agro-climatic zones in the State reflect the diversity of Ecosystems in the state. The State has vast grasslands and scrub forests in Kachchh, Central Gujarat and Saurashtra regions while coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, coral reefs and sea grasses are located in western parts of the state. Further, saline deserts are located in the north while moist deciduous tropical forests are found in southern areas. The hilly forests are found in eastern parts and Saurashtra regions.

As per the Champion and Seth Classification system, out of 16 major forest types found in the country, following four main types of forest ecosystems are found in Gujarat

Forest Composition- Ecosystems

  • Type 3B Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests
  • Type 4B Littoral and Swamp Forests
  • Type 5A Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests
  • Type 6B Northern Tropical Thorn Forests

Broad characteristics of above Ecosystems are as follows.

Forest Types

The forests areas of the State have been broadly classified in 11 categories as follows.

  • Moist Deciduous Forests
  • Slightly Moist Teak Forests
  • Dry Teak Forests
  • Very Dry Teak Forests
  • Dry Deciduous Forests
  • Dry Deciduous Scrub Forests
  • Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests
  • Dry Mixed Deciduous & tropical Forests
  • Desert Thorn Scrub Forests
  • Savannah Forests
  • Mangrove Forests

Distribution of different forest types in the State is as below.

Moist Deciduous Forests

Moist Deciduous Forests

Dangs and Valsad Districts

Slightly Moist Teak Forests

Slightly Moist Teak Forests

Dangs, Valsad, Navsari and Tapi District

Dry Teak Forests

Dry Teak Forests

Vadodara, Panchmahals and Dahod Districts. Drier parts of Bharuch District. North and East parts of Sabarkantha District

Very Dry Teak Forests

Very Dry Teak Forests

Panchmahals and Dahod Districts. Gir and Girnar Area of Junagadh District

Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests

Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests

Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mehsana districts

Dry Deciduous Forests

Dry Deciduous Forests

Western and Southern part of Sabarkantha District

Desert Thorn Scrub Forests

Desert Thorn Scrub Forests

East, North & West part of Banaskantha District

Savannah Forests

Savannah Forests

Grass Land Occurring in the Saurashtra Peninsula. Narayan Sarovar Chinkara Sanctuary in Lakhpat Taluka of Dist: Kachchh

Mangrove Forests

Mangrove Forests

Kachchh and Jamnagar , Rajkot, Navsari, Valsad, Bhavnagar, Bharuch, Surat, Vadodara and Porbandar

Dry Mixed Deciduous & tropical Forests

Dry Mixed Deciduous & tropical Forests

Vadodara, Panchmahals and Dahod Districts. Southern part of Banaskantha District

Dry Deciduous Scrub Forests

Dry Deciduous Scrub Forests

Vadodara, Panchmahals and Dahod Districts. Eastern GIR Falling in Junagadh, Rajkot, Amreli Bhavnagar, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha Districts. Kutch/Patan(W), Santramlpur, Radhanpur, Sami, Harij

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