Forest Types
Details of different forest types of Himachal Pradesh (FSI, 2023) is given in the following table:
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(km2) |
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Sl. No. |
Forest Type as per ISFR 2023 (FSI, 2023) |
Area |
% of the total mapped area* |
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1 |
3C/C2b(i) Bhabar-dun sal |
210.65 |
1.03 |
|
2 |
5B/C1a Dry Siwalik sal forest |
96.99 |
0.47 |
|
3 |
5B/C2 Northern dry mixed deciduous forest |
2,604.66 |
12.75 |
|
4 |
5/DS1 Dry deciduous scrub |
137.34 |
0.67 |
|
5 |
5/DS3 Euphorbia scrub |
5.20 |
0.03 |
|
6 |
5/E9 Dry bamboo brakes |
75.94 |
0.37 |
|
7 |
5/1S2 Khair-sissu forest |
1.26 |
0.01 |
|
8 |
9/C1a Lower or Siwalik chir pine forest |
1,532.58 |
7.50 |
|
9 |
9/C1b Upper or Himalayan chir pine forest |
1,414.32 |
6.93 |
|
10 |
9/C1/DS1 Himalayan subtropical scrub |
69.94 |
0.34 |
|
11 |
12/C1a Ban oak forest (Q. incana) |
821.92 |
4.02 |
|
12 |
12/C1b Moru oak forest (Q. dilatata) |
11.91 |
0.06 |
|
13 |
12/C1c Moist deodar forest (Cedrus) |
2,168.03 |
10.62 |
|
14 |
12/C1d Western mixed coniferous forest (spruce, blue pine, silver fir) |
2,902.25 |
14.21 |
|
15 |
12/C1e Moist temperate deciduous forest |
102.96 |
0.50 |
|
16 |
12/C1f Low-level blue pine forest (P. wallichiana) |
450.63 |
2.21 |
|
17 |
12/C1/DS1 Oak scrub |
219.09 |
1.07 |
|
18 |
12/C1/DS2 Himalayan temperate secondary scrub |
117.95 |
0.58 |
|
19 |
12/C2a Kharsu oak forest (Q. semecarpifolia) |
151.23 |
0.74 |
|
20 |
12/C2b West Himalayan upper oak/fir forest |
139.98 |
0.69 |
|
21 |
12/DS1 Montane bamboo brakes |
11.40 |
0.06 |
|
22 |
12/E1 Cypress forest |
9.14 |
0.04 |
|
23 |
12/1S1 Alder forest |
3.84 |
0.02 |
|
24 |
13/C1 Dry broadleaved and coniferous forest (Q. ilex-P. gerardiana) |
6.86 |
0.03 |
|
25 |
13/C2a Neoza pine forest (P. gerardiana) |
126.11 |
0.62 |
|
26 |
13/C2b Dry deodar forest (Cedrus) |
224.40 |
1.10 |
|
27 |
13/C3 West Himalayan dry temperate deciduous forest |
0.08 |
0.00 |
|
28 |
13/C4 West Himalayan high-level dry blue pine forest (P. wallichiana) |
65.44 |
0.32 |
|
29 |
13/C5 West Himalayan dry juniper forest (J. macropoda) |
55.43 |
0.27 |
|
30 |
13/1S2 Populus/Salix forest |
3.64 |
0.02 |
|
31 |
14/C1a West Himalayan sub-alpine fir forest |
112.02 |
0.55 |
|
32 |
14/C1b West Himalayan sub-alpine birch/fir forest |
508.67 |
2.49 |
|
33 |
15/C1 Birch/Rhododendron scrub forest |
37.37 |
0.18 |
|
34 |
15/C2 Deciduous alpine scrub |
4.82 |
0.02 |
|
35 |
15/E1 Dwarf Rhododendron scrub |
1.58 |
0.01 |
|
36 |
16/C1 Dry alpine scrub |
108.74 |
0.53 |
|
37 |
16/E1 Dwarf juniper scrub |
163.06 |
0.80 |
|
Sub Total |
14,677.43 |
71.86 |
|
|
38 |
TOF/ Plantation |
1,211.61 |
5.93 |
|
Total (Forest Cover & Scrub) |
15,889.04 |
77.79 |
|
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Grassland Forest Types (outside forest cover) |
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|
39 |
12/DS3 Himalayan temperate pastures |
914.50 |
4.49 |
|
40 |
15/C3 Alpine pastures |
3,619.78 |
17.72 |
|
Sub Total |
4,534.28 |
22.21 |
|
|
Grand Total |
20,423.32 |
100.00 |
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