Authors : Pitambar T. Humane
Page Nos : 63-70
Description :
ABSTRACT:
Bhandara district is well-known for the forest resources and is a continuous stretch of land with black cotton soils derived from the Deccan Trap basalt. Out of total geographical area of the district, 1217 Sq. km is under forest. The district is well decorated with moist tropical forest (Champion and Seth, 1968) type which is also known as South Indian moist deciduous forests, along the stretches of hilly terrain that provide a stable base for pastoral pursuits of the forest communities. Most of the forest area is located in the Bhandara, Tumsar, Sakoli and Pauni tahsils and teakwood is available from these forests in sizeable quantity. The other timber wood is Bija, Arjun, Shisam, Haldi, Mohawa, Rohan, Khair, Char, Yen and Behada etc. During the floristic investigation 155 tree species were studied from the district. Most of them are evenly distributed while some are found infrequent or rare in the district.
