Natural vegetation in Louisiana is found in three major divisions: the first consists of forest, upland pines and hardwoods, bottomland hardwoods, and bald cypress; the second consists of prairie, or dry grassland; and the third consists of marshland, or wet grassland.

The main difference between natural vegetation, forest and flora are that the natural vegetation includes grasslands, cacti and mosses etc, whereas, a forest is an area that includes a variety of trees and flora include different types of fruits, flowers and trees.

Vegetation is defined as growing plants, or a life without physical, mental or social activity. All the plants in the rain forest are an example of vegetation. A person who is brain dead is an example of someone who lives in a state of vegetation. The plants of an area or a region; plant life.

The different types of natural vegetation found in India are as follows:

• Tropical Evergreen Rain Forests.
• Deciduous or Monsoon type of Forests.
• Dry Deciduous Forests and Scrubs.
• Semi-deserts and Deserts vegetation.
• Tidal or Mangrove Forests.
• Mountain Forests.

Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid. They have been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. We call this virgin vegetation. Thus, cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation.

• Tropical Evergreen Rain forests. The Tropical Evergreen rain forests are found in the areas where precipitation is more than 200 cm.
• Deciduous or Monsoon type of forests.
• Dry deciduous forests.
• Mountain Forests/Montane Forests.
• Tidal or Mangrove forests.
• Semi-deserts and Deserts vegetations.

Importance of Natural Vegetation: Vegetation provides shelter to animals and provides us with timber and many other forest produce. Plants also produce oxygen when they make food and oxygen is the gas we breathe. Plants protect soil from degradation. Plants help in recharging the groundwater.

An unsupervised classification (ERDAS, 2015) is generated from the satellite image using the four multispectral bands and the NDVI (Normalized Differential Vegetation Index) to identify six general cover types—water, cobble, coniferous trees, deciduous trees, grasslands, and agricultural pasture.

So here are five health benefits plants bring to your residence and all dwelling there:

• Plants Reduce Stress. Countless clinical studies have proved that plants are indeed good to reduce stress, anxiety and fatigue.
• Help Reduce Sickness.
• Plants Help Clean the Air.
• They Help With Breathing.
• They Look Pretty Awesome.

Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. It is broader than the term flora which refers to species composition.

The predominant vegetation consists of grasses and forbs (small broad-leaved plants that grow with grasses). Different savannas support different grasses due to disparities in rainfall and soil conditions.

Once the mountains got tall enough, they blocked significant amounts of rain from falling on the east side of the mountains, creating what is called a rain shadow. This rain shadow prevented trees from growing extensively east of the mountains, and the result was the prairie landscape.

Forests can be divided into three major types: tropical (near the equator), temperate (mid-latitude), and taiga (subarctic latitudes). Each type is different, but they are all characterized by four basic layers. The emergent layer is at the tops of tallest trees.

Top 10 Uses of Forests [Importance in Points]

• Forests provide us a breath of fresh air.
• Forests keep the earth cool by reducing global warming.
• Forests provide a home for humans & animals.
• Forests are important in maintaining the Climate.
• Forests are important to prevent soil erosion and controlling floods.

Temperate deciduous forests have a great variety of plant species. Most have three levels of plants. Lichen, moss, ferns, wildflowers and other small plants can be found on the forest floor. Shrubs fill in the middle level and hardwood trees like maple, oak, birch, magnolia, sweet gum and beech make up the third level.

Forest: Type # 1. Tropical Forest:

• (i) Tropical wet evergreen forest:
• (ii) Tropical semi-evergreen forest:
• (iii) Tropical moist deciduous:
• (iv) Tropical dry evergreen forest:
• (v) Dry tropical deciduous:
• (vi) Dry tropical thorn forest:
• (i) Sub-Tropical hill forest:
• (ii) Sub-Tropical pine forest:

Boreal Forest Boreal forests comprise the world’s largest terrestrial biome and form a broad belt across Eurasia and North America. Two thirds are located in Siberia, while the rest can be found in Scandinavia, Alaska, and Canada.

They are named as Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical deciduous forests, Tropical thorn forests, Montane forests, and Swamp forests. Although different geographers divide the forests into many other categories, these are supposed to remain uniform throughout the country.

Components of a Forest The living organisms in a forest are plants, animals and decomposers. The non-living environment in a forest consists of soil, water and air. The non-living environment of a forest provides nutrients, water and carbon dioxide for the growth of plants.

Forest Trees and Types

• Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
• Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)
• Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
• Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
• Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)