Forest Department
Government of NCT of Delhi

Type of Forests and Major Species

Vegetation of Delhi is typical Northern Tropical Thorn Forest Type (Champion & Seth 1968). Among trees Accacias such as A. nilotica, A. leucophloea, A. catechu, A. modesta, Butea monosperma (Dhak), Cassia fistula, Salvadora persica. Anogeissus latifolia with abundance of Prosopis juliflora.

Shrubs include Capparis sepiaria, Zizyphus Mauritiana. Herbaceous flora is Calotropis procera, Withania somnifera, Achyranthes aspera, Tridax. Main grasses are Cenchrus ciliaris, Aristida, Eragrostis, Saccharum spontaneum, Diehanthium, Cynodon dactylon etc..