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An evergreen forest: composed of Pine trees.

An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain
green foliage all year round. Such forests exist in the tropics primarily as broadleaf
evergreens, and in temperate and boreal latitudes primarily as coniferous evergreens.

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• 1 Tropical evergreen forests


• 2 Temperate evergreen forests
• 3 See also
• 4 References
o 4.1 Line notes

• 5 External links

Tropical evergreen forests


Further information: Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Tropical evergreen forests usually occur in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall
and having a temperature of 15oC to 30oC. They occupy about seven per cent of the
Earth's land surface and harbour more than half of the world’s plants and animals. Found
mostly near the equator, these tropical forests are dense, multi-layered and harbour many
types of plants and animals. The trees are evergreen as there is no period of drought or
frost. They are mostly tall hardwood trees with broad leaves that release excess water
through transpiration.

In India, evergreen forests are found on the western slopes of the Western Ghats in States
such as Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka. And also found in Assam, Arunachal
Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
They are also found in the hills of Jaintia and Khasi. Some of the trees found in Indian
Tropical Forests are rosewood, mahogany and ebony. Bamboo and reeds are also
common.

Temperate evergreen forests


Further information: Temperate coniferous forest

Temperate evergreen forests are found mainly in regions like Montane North America,
Asian-Russia, Canada and Northern Scandinavia, and Broadleaf evergreen forests are
found in countries around the Mediterranean Sea like Lebanon and Morocco and eastern
North America. Evergreen forests around the world are under threat of logging, mining,
oil and gas developments, pollution, hydroelectric projects and other human
developments planned in these areas.

The temperate evergreen forests are located in the mid-latitudinal coastal region. They
are commonly found along the eastern margin of the continents, e.g., in southeastern
United States, southern China and in southeastern Brazil. They comprise with both broad
leaf and coniferous trees, such as oak, pine and eucalyptus.

Temperate evergreen forest encompasses the wet temperate and subtropical conifer
forests of the northwestern North America, as well as subtropical evergreen broadleaf
forests (e.g., in China) and the nothofagus and eucalyptus forests of the Southern
Hemisphere. Temperate evergreen forests are characterized by their hardy trees. Trees
need to withstand sandy, rocky, and basically poor quality soil, occasional fires, droughts
and cold weather. These forests are generally dominated by pines, but also support fir,
hemlock, oak, and giant sequoia.

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