Broad-leaves

Forests are of several types of evergreen forests,decidous forests .Broad leaved trees useually have large leaves of various shapes and are found in middle to lower latitudes.

Evergreen forests grow in the high rainfall areas of the western Ghats .North ,eastren India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .These forests gow in areas where the monsoon period lasts for several months.Some places even get two monsoons,such as in southern India .Evergreen plants shed a few of their leves throughout the year.Ther is no dry leafless phase as in the case of decidouous forests .So,an evergreen forest looks green throughput the year.The trees overlap with each other to form a continuous canopy.Thus,very little light penetrates down to the forest floor.Only a few shade-loving plants can grow in the ground layer in areas where some light filters down from the in areas where some light filters down from the closed canopy.The forest is rich in orchids and ferns.The barks of the trees are covered in moss .The forest abounds in animal life and is very rich in insect life.