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Table 1
Major forest types and their area coverage (in km 2
) in Central Himalayas
S. No.
Forest type group
Very dense forest
Moderately dense forest
Open forest
Scrub
Total
1
Group-3 Tropical Moist Deciduous
1104.44
2806.19
715.50
8.18
4634.31
2
Group-5 Tropical Dry Deciduous
81.00
851.15
568.51
78.00
1578.66
3
Group-9 Subtropical Pine Forest
768.67
4432.01
1721.46
189.11
7111.25
4
Group-12 Himalayan Moist Temperate
1612.45
5014.49
2434.98
28.12
9090.04
5
Group-13 Tropical Moist Deciduous
199.96
171.97
75.65
1.18
448.76
6
Group-3 Tropical Moist Deciduous
185.98
709.92
131.85
9.75
1037.5
7
Group-3 Tropical Moist Deciduous
21.87
103.53
39.81
5.59
170.8
8
Group-3 Tropical Moist Deciduous
0.98
26.87
11.58
0.07
39.5
9
Plantation/TOF
26.65
279.87
344.66
0.00
651.18
Total
4002.00
14396.00
6044.00
320.00
24762.00
Source
FSI (2015)