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The variety of India's climate and geography is reflected in its rich flora & fauna. The beautiful land of jungles is the best place in the world to see. India has for years on attracted the attentions of wildlife specialists.
The vegetation or Flora in Indira Gandhi National Park comprises some 8,000 species of plants.
The jungles in Indira Gandhi Sanctuary are thick and wooded with the flora to back up the fabulous fauna. There are evergreen forests in Indira Gandhi National Park, which are moist and deciduous forests and the lagoons and estuaries, sheltering unique forms of plant and animal life.
The dry deciduous, the semi-evergreen, and the wet temperate habitat of this park contain teak, rose wood and many miscellaneous tropical species.
Some of the rare and endangered species of flora, which are found in, this sanctuary is: -
Combretum Ovalifolium
Dispyros nilagrica
Gymnopteris Contaimirans
Habebarai reriflora.
Polypodum pleroupus
Alsophila
Bulbophyllum sp
Lasianthus uenuloses
Angiopterris Erectra
Gnetum Ula
Impaliens Elegans
Lycopodium cernum
Ranunculus reniformis and Osmunda Regulis.
The best time to visit the park is from January to February and June. It is suggested that you have your own vehicle to visit the park. It can be chilly in the winter.
The rains start in the month of July in Tamil Nadu and measure from 500 mm to 5000 mm, the least rainfall is on the eastern slopes and most rainfall is on western slopes.
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