|
Forest Cover |
21720 sq km |
|
Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest |
Central eastern And Western Plains |
|
Tropical Thorny Forest |
South-western U.P. |
|
Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest |
Central eastern And Western Plains |
|
Largest Wildlife Reserve |
Dudhwa National Park (Lakhimpur Kheri District)
|
|
Very dense Forest |
All Lands with tree cover (Including mangrove cover) of canopy density of 70% and above |
|
Mod Dense forest |
All lands with tree cover (Including mangrove cover) of canopy density between 40% and 70% above |
|
Open forest |
All lands with tree cover (Including mangrove cover) of canopy density between 10% and 40% |
|
Scurb |
All forest lands with poor tree growth mainly of small or stunted trees having canopy density less than 10 percent |
|
Non Forest |
Any area not included in the above classes |
|
Class |
Area |
% of Geographical Area |
|
Very Dense Forest |
2616.43 |
1.09 |
|
Medium Dense Forest |
4080.04 |
1.69 |
|
Open Forest |
8109.18 |
3.37 |
|
Total |
14,805.65 |
6.15 |
|
Scrub |
586.52 |
0.24 |
Wildlife Sanctuaries of Uttar Pradesh
|
Sanctuary |
Place |
|
Katarniya Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary |
Terai of Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh |
|
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary |
Muzzafarnagar and Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
|
National Chambal Sanctuary |
Chambal River near the tri-point of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, |
|
Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary |
Part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve near Mailani |
|
Mahaveer Swami Wild Life Sanctuary |
Devgar, Lalitpur |
|
Ranipur Wild Life Sanctuary |
Chitrakoot Divisional head quater at Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, |
|
Chandraprabha WL Sanctuary |
eastern region of Uttar Pradesh |
|
Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
Mirzapur & Sonebhadra |
|
Sohelwa Wildlife Sanctuary |
Shravasti, Balrampur and Gonda districts |
|
Sohagibarwa Wildlife Sanctuary |
Maharajganj district |
|
Shivalik (Mohand) |
Bhabhar area of Shivalik range. |
|
Chunar/Vindham |
Mirzapur |
Bird Sanctuaries
|
Okhla Bird Sanctuary |
Gautam Budh Nagar |
|
Surajpur Wetland |
Gautam Budh Nagar |
|
Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary |
Delhi-Agra highway |
|
Parwati Arga Bird Sanctuary |
Ajodhya |
|
Lakh-Bahosi Bird Sanctuary |
Kannauj |
|
Vijay Sagar Bird Sanctuary |
Mahoba, Mirjapur |
|
Hathinala, Renukut (Sonbhadra) |
Renukoot |
|
Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary |
tranquil lush |
There is a tiger reserve in Pillibhiit.
Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests: Sal, Palas, Amaltas, Bel, fig etc. Neem, Peepal, Sheesham, Mango, Jamun, Babool, Imli (Tamarind) etc
Tropical Thorny Forests: Thorny trees, mainly, Babool, Thorny, legumes and Euphorias.
Other Common Plants: Rhododendrons, betula, silver fir, spruce, deodar, chir, oak, sal, gigantic haldu, dhak, teak, mahua, salai, sisso, chironji and tendu.
Medicinal Herbs: Rauwolfia Sarpagandha, Viala serpens, Podophyllum, hexandrum and aephecra gerardiana.
These plants are widely used in industries for various applications, for instance, Bamboo is used predominantly in Paper Industries, Babul is used to prepare the tanning material, Gutel and Semal are employed in the matchwood industry, Kanju is a raw material for the plywood industry.
Sonbhadra, the district with the maximum forest cover in Uttar Pradesh (36.79 % of the geographical area of 6905 square kilometers). Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas Nagar), the district with the minimum forest cover in Uttar Pradesh.
