Forest Types and Geographical Distribution Subcategories

Forest Types and Geographical Distribution

Tropical littoral and swamp forests is/are:

A. Tidal Swamp Forests
B. Littoral Grassland
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these

Dry sub-tropical broad-leaved forests having:

A. Low forest of branchy trees forming a canopy
B. Varying in density from complete closure
C. Under the most favourable conditions to scattered single trees or groups on the driest sites
D. Typically field in with a shrub growth which similarly varies in density

The conifers generally form a fairly complete forest cover of good height is:

A. 22 to 44 m
B. 24 to 46 m
C. 26 to 48 m
D. 28 to 50 m

The characteristic genera are ______ with Junipers and occasionally Rhododendron or Ephedra:

A. Salix
B. Lonicera
C. Berberis
D. Cotoneaster

This is the topmost tree formation in the Himalayas developed between about ______ on northerly aspects and perhaps 150 m. Higher on warmer slopes:

A. 3,350 m to 3,800 m
B. 4,450 m to 4,800 m
C. 5,550 m to 5,800 m
D. None of these

The conifers rarely exceed 8 m. In height, the broadleaved trees reach about 9m. And the shrub growth about ______

A. 1 to 3m
B. 1 to 4m
C. 1 to 5m
D. 1 to 5m

The chief coniferous species are:

A. Pinus wallichiana
B. Cedrus deodara
C. Piecea smithiana
D. Abies pindrow

Chir forests are near the western limit of their range in Pakistan and they extend eastwards upto _________

A. Bhutan
B. Sri Lanka
C. Nepal
D. Afghanistan

Tamarix-Poplar Forest is a dense thicket of Tamarix spp. With varying number of poplar trees are distributed on fresh silt alluvium of the riverain tract of the Indus between Muzaffargarh and Hyderabad with isolated occurrences as far north as _________

A. Peshawar
B. Mardan
C. Swat
D. Gilgit

Dry temperate forests depict:

A. The canopy is only rarely closed
B. Is often formed of widely spaced
C. Free-standing
D. Low-branching trees