Types of Grasslands in India

Grasslands form a variety of ecosystems that are located indifferent climate conditions ranging from near-desert conditions,to patches of shola grasslands that occur on hill-slopes alongside the exteremly moist evergreen forests in South India.In Himalayan mountains there are the high cold Himalayan pastures.There are tracts of tall elephant grass in the low-lying terai belt south of the Himalayan foothills.There are also semi-arid grasslands in Western India ,parts of central India,and inthe Deccan plateau.

The Himalyan pasture belt extends up to the snowline;the grasslands at a lower level form patches along with requires both the forest and the grassland ecosystem as important parts of their habibat.The animals migrate up in to the high-altitude grasslands in the summer and move down in to the forest in the winter when the snow covers the grasslands .These Himalayan pastures have a large variety of grasses and herbs.These Himalayan hi;;-slopes are covered with thousands of colorful flowering plants as well as a large number of medicinal plants.