Various types of trees are found all
over the district. But the more commonly found varieties include Pipal trees.
Kabulliua, ( Oravila robusta ), Khok ( Albizzia Spp), Tera ( Salimalia Malabarica
), Sileima ( Eugenia pracox), Tairen ( Cedrela loona ) etc. Bamboos and plantain
trees are common everywhere. Various types of fruit-bearing plants also thrive
in the districts. Important varieties are pineapple, pear, peach, Jack fruit,
banana, mango, lemon, plum, guava, amla etc. The habit of the local people to
plant banyan trees along the road side and bamboos and fruit bearing trees within
their compounds give the rural areas a permanent green scenery. Recently, the
Government as also introduced plantation of quick growing trees under the social
forestry programme along the road side.
In spite of its rich vegetation, due to the absence of any forest worth the
name within the district wild animals are not found abundantly, Deer and Jungle
fowl are some of the varieties found at present occasionally along the slope
of eastern hills adjoining the district. But the lakes support a variety of
wild birds such as partridge, snipe, duck, geese, etc. particularly in winter
months. These birds are mostly migratory in character. Some of them are seen
coming from far off Siberia. With the gradual conversation of the lakes into
agricultural lands these migratory birds are seen in increasingly fewer members
in recent times.
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