Andaman forests

Andaman forests have a very good growth of vegetation and has several wildlife sanctuaries. Some of them are evergreen forests.

The South Andaman forests have a profuse growth of epiphytic vegetation, mostly ferns and orchids.

The Middle Andamans harbours mostly moist deciduous forests.

North Andamans is characterised by the wet evergreen type, with plenty of woody climbers.

The north Nicobar Islands (including Car Nicobar and Battimalv) are marked by the complete absence of evergreen forests, while such forests form the dominant vegetation in the central and southern islands of the Nicobar group. Grasslands occur only in the Nicobars, and while deciduous forests are common in the Andamans, they are almost absent in the Nicobars". This atypical forest coverage is made-up of twelve types namely (1) Giant evergreen forest (2) Andamans tropical evergreen forest (3) Southern hilltop tropical evergreen forest (4) Cane brakes (5) Wet bamboo brakes (6) Andamans semi-evergreen forest (7) Andamans moist deciduous forest (8) Andamans secondary moist deciduous forest (9) Littoral forest (10) Mangrove forest (11) Brackish water mixed forest (12) Submontane hill valley swamp forest. The present forest coverage is claimed to be 86.2% of the total land area.

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Andaman Padauk, Andaman Wood Pigeon, Andamanese, Andamans, Andante