ICSE Class 8 Answered
Flora and fauna in forest ecosystem:
TYPE OF FOREST |
LOCATION |
FLORA |
FAUNA |
Tropical rainforests
|
Western coast of India and north-east Himalayas |
Evergreen trees, bamboos, ferns, shrubs |
Jungle cats, leopards, monkeys, flying squirrels, snakes, centipedes, millipedes, insects and snails |
Temperate deciduous forests |
North China, Korea, Japan, Eastern North America, Australia |
Pine, Oak, Birch |
Moths, beetles, deer, wolves, foxes |
Coniferous forests |
North America, North Eurasia, Himalaya above 1700–3000 m altitude |
Fir, Pine |
Squirrel, deer, goat, wolf, robin, sparrow |
Gir forests |
Gujarat |
Peepal, Acacia, neem, wild bushes, grasses |
Bears, dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, crows, kites, vultures, lion |
Corbett National Park |
Uttaranchal |
Pine, shrubs, grasses |
Lion, crows, vultures, tiger |
Jaldapara Sanctuary |
West Bengal |
Shrubs, grasses, Banyan |
Bears, dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, rhinoceros |