Vegetation Types

Kaziranga National Park landscape mostly enriched with the four types of vegetation which make this amazing forest stand apart from many other forests in India. The flora of the Kaziranga primarily consists of alluvial savanna woodlands, alluvial inundated grasslands, tropical moist mixed deciduous forests, and tropical semi-evergreen forests.

The difference between the altitude of the eastern and the western region of the 378 sq km large Kaziranga forest is the reason behind the diverse vegetation species found along the length of the forest. The western side of the park, which is at a lower altitude is dominated by the vast grassland.

Grasslands & Aquatic Flora

The rich green belt of the Kaziranga consists of the tall grasses like elephant grass, sugarcanes and spear grass along with the different small grasses with the toppings of the scattered presence of trees like Kumbhi, cotton tree, Indian gooseberry and elephant apple. The abundance of greenery in the Kaziranga park is the bounty of the annual flood of the mighty Brahmaputra River, natural trimming of grass due to the grazing by herbivores and the controlled burning which maintain the fertility of the land making it an evergreen forest.

Moreover, the glory of Kaziranga is its breathtaking array of flowers in the form of an abundant cover of water lilies, lotus and water hyacinth which enrich the beauty and add the rustic look to the ambiance of the park.

Vegetation Coverage

The study of the flora was undertaken in 1986 and the different vegetation coverage in Kaziranga is classified as follows: 41% Tall Thickets of Elephant Grass, 29% Open Jungle, 11% Short Grasses, 8% rivers and water bodies, 06% Sand and rest 4% Swamplands. Since Kaziranga declared as the National Park in 1974, the breathtaking flora and fauna have been drawing millions of wildlife lovers from different parts of the world.