Plants Of India / Indian Sub-continent

Short description of local plants, trees and shrubs with the local names

Epiphytes

"An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it." Individual observations don't have to be epiphytic, the species just has to be able to grow as such.

TAMIL NADU

PLANT IDINDIFICAION

Flora of Western Ghats

The Western Ghats or the Western Mountain range is a mountain range that covers an area of 160,000 km² in a stretch of 1,600 km parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula.The area is one of the world's ten "hottest biodiversity hotspots." It has over 7,402 species of flowering plants, 1,814 species of non-flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species, 227 reptile species, 179 amphibian species, 290 freshwater fish species, and 6,000 insect species. It is likely that many undiscovered species live in the Western Ghats.

Lower Midwest

All plants, including grasses and sedges, from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky,

Indian plants

India floricultur

Himalayan flora

For flora found throughout the Himalayas, in Nepal, India, Pakistan & China