About Guindy National Park:
- It is India’s eighth-smallest national park and one of the very few national parks located inside a city.
- It is located in the heart of Chennai’s metropolitan area of Tamil Nadu.
- It is one of the last remnants of the tropical, dry evergreen forestsof the Coromandel Coast.
- Flora:Tropical dry evergreen forest, Scrub and thorn forests.
- Fauna:Blackbuck, Toddy cat, Civet cat, Jungle cat, Pangolin, Hedgehog, Shrew and black-naped hare etc.
Key points about the tropical, dry evergreen forests of India
- The Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest is a unique forest found only in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
- The dissymmetric climatic condition of this region, where rainfall occurs both during summer and winter monsoonsand extends the dry season from March to September, favours the development and sustenance of the Tropical Dry Evergreen forest in this narrow strip.
- It looks like a scrub woodland or an opportunistic assemblage of species adapted to local microclimatic conditions.
- It is known to have a mixture of trees, shrubs, climbers, grasses and herbs.
