The Terai consists

The terai consists of patches of tall grasslands interpresed with a sal forest ecosystem.The patches of tall elephant grass,which frow to a height of about five meters,are located in the low-lying water logged areas.The sal forest patches cover the elevated regions and the Himalayan foot hills . The terai also includes marshes in low-lying depressions.This ecosystem extends in a belt south of Himalayn foothills.
The semi-arid plains of westren India,Central India and the Deccan are covered by grasslands.tracts withpatches of thron forest.Several mammals susch as the wolf,the blackbuck,the chinkara,and birds such as the bustards and floriccans,are adapted to these ard conditions .The scrublands of the Deccan plateau are covered with seasonal grasses and herbs on which its fauna is dependent.It teems with insect life on which the insectivorous birds feed .
The shola grasslands consist of patches on hill-slopes that occur alongside the shola forests on the westren Ghats,the Nilgiri and Annamalai ranges.These form patchworks of grassland on the slopes and forest habibats along the streams and low-lying areas.