Vegetation and Wildlife

Forest Types in HimachalForest Types in Himachal

	Name	Where Located Broadly	Main Species of Trees	Height M)
1	Tropical Thorny	Solan, Nalagarh, Sirmaur	Khair	1000
2	Sub tropical Broad leafed	Mandi	Sal Sisham	Below 1200
3	Tropical Dry deciduous	Solan, Nalagarh, Sirmaur	Sal, Sisham	1250
4	Sub tropical pine	Mandi, Kotgarh, Nachar, Chamba, Kangra	Chil, Pine	1000-2200
5	Wet Temperate	Shimla, Dharamshala, Kangra, Dalhousie, Mandi, Kullu, Chamba	Deodar, Kail, Walnut, Poplar, Maple	1500-3500
6	Sub alpine	Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti, Shimla, Kullu	Maple, Oak, Kharsu	Above 3500
7	Alpine	Cold desert	Juniper, Alpine herbs	Above 3500

Wildlife Sanctuaries

	Name	District
1	Banli, Shikari, Nargeno	Mandi
2	Chail, Shilli, Darlaghat	Solan
3	Kalatop, Khajjiar, Gamgul-siya-behi, Kugti, Sechu-Tuan Nala, Tundah	Chamba
4	Kananar, Kokhan, Kais, Manali, Tirthan	Kullu
5	Lippa-Asrang, Rakcham-Chitkul, Rupi-Bhaba	Kinnaur
6	Naina Devi, Gobind Sagar	Bilaspur
7	Pong dam reservoir	Kangra
8	Renuka, Simbalwara, Churdhar	Sirmaur
9	Shimla watershed catchment area, Talra, Daranghati	Shimla