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Table 1 Major forests groups of Indian forest and their area

From: A systematic review on the aboveground biomass and carbon stocks of Indian forest ecosystems

Major group

Group

Area (mha)

% Area

I. Moist tropical forest

1. Tropical wet-evergreen forest

4.5

5.8

 

2. Tropical semi-evergreen forest

1.9

2.5

 

3. Tropical moist deciduous forest

23.3

30.3

 

4. Littoral and swamp forest

0.7

0.9

II. Dry tropical forest

5. Tropical dry deciduous forest

29.4

38.2

 

6. Tropical thorn forest

5.2

6.7

 

7. Tropical dry evergreen forest

0.1

0.1

III. Montane subtropical forest

8. Subtropical broad-leaved hill forest

0.3

0.4

 

9. Subtropical pine forest

3.7

5.0

 

10. Subtropical dry evergreen forest

0.2

0.2

IV. Montane temperate forest

11. Montane wet temperate forest

1.6

2.0

 

12. Himalayan moist temperate forest

2.6

3.4

 

13. Himalayan dry temperate forest

0.2

0.2

V. Subalpine forest

14. Subalpine forest

–

–

VI. Alpine Scrub

15. Moist – alpine scrub

3.3

4.3

  1. Based on Champion and Seth (1968)