India is a country of vast geographical diversity. Due to this, the vegetation found here also reflects variations on regional basis because of various controlling conditions. 

Indian forests can be classified as follows:

The distribution of forests on geographical basis can be explained as follows:

1. Evergreen Forests: Evergreen forests are found in the regions where there is more than 200 cm annual rainfall. In India, such type of forests in India are found in the western slope of Western Ghats, Andaman-Nicobar group of islands, Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and Terai areas. 

2. Autumn Forests or Monsoon Forests: These type of forests shed their leaves in dry season. These type of forests are found in the lower part of Northern mountainous region, Vindhayachal and Satpura hills, Plateau of Chhota Nagpur, hilly area of Assam, southern part of Eastern Ghats and the leeward eastern regions of Western Ghats. 

3. Dry Forests: These type of forests are found at places where annual rainfall is 50-100 cm. Dry forests are mainly found in south – western Punjab, Haryana, Eastern Rajasthan and south-western Uttar Pradesh. 

4. Desert Forests: Desert forests are found in the areas where there is less than 50 cm rainfall annually. These are found in south – western Punjab, western Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

5. Mountain Forests: These types of forests are found at Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra and Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh. The height of these trees varies from 15 m to 18 m. The stenls of these forests have large circumference. In the Himalayan region of North India and hills of Assam, these type of forests are found at the height of more than 180 m. 

6. Tidal Forests: These type of forests are found at the mouth of peninsular rivers such as Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri etc. and in the deltas of Ganga and Brahmaputra.