Anamalai Tiger Reserve

About Anamalai Tiger Reserve:

• Location: It is a protected area located in the Anamalai Hillsof Pollachi and Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu.
• It lies South of the Palakkad gapin the Southern Western Ghats. 
• It is surrounded by Parambikulum Tiger Reserve on the East, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and Eravikulum National Park on the South Western side.
• Vegetation:
  • It supports diverse habitat types, Wet evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests, moist deciduous, dry deciduous, dry thorn and shola forests.
  • It also supports unique habitats like montane grasslands, savannah and marshy grasslands are also present.
• Flora:
  • Around 2500 species of angiosperms are found in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, with several species of Balsam, Crotalaria, Orchids and Kurinchi. The reserve is rich in wild relatives of cultivated species like mango, jackfruit, wild plantain, ginger (Zingiber officinale), turmeric, pepper (Piper longum), cardamom etc.
• Fauna: The important wild animals of the reserve include: Tiger, Asiatic elephant, Sambar, Spotted deer, Barking deer, Jackal, Leopard, Jungle cat etc.