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Gujarat
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Gujarat is located in the western part of India, and situated in the arid and semi-arid zones of the country. The forest growth varies from scrubs and thorn forest of north and north-western part of Gujarat to luxuriant and valuable forest in south Gujarat.? The occurrence of bamboo as an under-storey is a natural component of many of the forests.
There are 22 reported species of bamboos reported from the State; the dominant species are Bambusa arundinacea (Katas or Thorny bamboo) and Dendrocalamus strictus (Manvel or Solid bamboo). Dendrocalamus strictus is economically the most important. It is found in the dry deciduous forests over a large part of the State. Bambusa arundinacea is found in mixed moist deciduous forests as well as in the moist dry deciduous forest of the State.
Distribution of bamboo bearing area in Gujarat (in sq. km)
Forest Division |
District |
Forest area |
Bamboo bearing area |
Valsad(S) |
Valsad |
557 |
365 |
Valsad(N) |
Valsad & Navsari |
628 |
426 |
Dang (S) |
Dang |
475 |
451 |
Dang(N) |
Dang |
563 |
563 |
Vyara |
Surat? |
937 |
933 |
Rajpipla(W) |
Surat/ Bharuch |
709 |
543 |
Rajpipla(E) |
Narmada? |
1,163 |
896 |
Chhotaudepur |
Vadodara |
723 |
162 |
Godhra |
Panchmahals |
1,106 |
417 |
Baria |
Dahod |
884 |
602 |
Sabarkantha(S) |
Sabarkantha |
587 |
214 |
Banaskantha |
Banaskantha |
1,107 |
165 |
Junagadh |
Junagadh |
382 |
91 |
Porbandar |
Porbandar |
192 |
39 |
Total |
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5,867 |
Bamboo bearing forests exist all along the southern, eastern and northern borders of the State and in the hilly portions of Junagadh & Porbandar districts of Saurashtra.? The Girnar and the Barda are the only forests in the Saurastra region, which have got bamboos.?
Of the 25 districts in Gujarat, bamboo forests are located in 13 districts.? However, the major concentration of bamboos is in the southern districts of Valsad, Dangs, Surat and Narmada.?? Within these districts is 4,177 sq km of bamboo forests, about two-thirds of the bamboo bearing areas of Gujarat.?
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