Odisha semi-evergreen forests
The Odisha semi-evergreen forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of eastern India. The ecoregion covers an area of 8,600 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi) on the coastal plain of Odisha state, bounded by the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests west and north-west, transitioning from the huge ecoregion Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests along the north coastland, and surrounding the smaller ecoregion Godavari-Krishna mangroves along a stretch of the south-east coast by the Bay of Bengal.
Only small remnants of forest exist in this ecoregion
Palm trees near the coast
Barunei Hill near Bhubaneswar
Inside a semi-evergreen (or semi-deciduous) forest in Odisha. Chandaka forest.
Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests
The Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests, presently known as East Deccan moist deciduous forests, is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in east-central India. The ecoregion covers an area of 341,100 square kilometers (131,700 sq mi), extending across portions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Telangana states.
Tropical moist deciduous forest in Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh
Sal trees are common in these forests
Characteristic yellow-white sal-flowers in winter coincides with leaffall
Terminalia, and especially asna trees (Indian laurel), are also common.