Question

Given below is an image of the forest found in marshy areas. Refer to the image and answer the questions that follow:

1. Name the type of vegetation seen in the above image.
2. Mention one adaptive feature of the trees of this vegetation.
3. Name a region where this type of vegetation is commonly found in India.

Answer 1

1. Mangrove forests
2. The trees show special adaptations such as stilt/prop roots and pneumatophores (breathing roots) that give support in soft, waterlogged mud and allow the plants to obtain oxygen during high tides.
3. This type of vegetation is commonly found in India’s coastal deltas, most notably the Sundarbans in West Bengal, and in the deltas and coasts of the Ganga, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery.