Flora and Fauna of Sinharaja
World Heritage Forest
There are many floras we can find
in Sinharaja forest. There are about 240000 plants species found per 1ha. There
are 192 endemic timber species out of 340. 13 endemic flora species are recorded
in Sinharaja forest.
Sinharaja is a paradise of endemic
and other species of fauna. That is a thing that you wondered is over 50% of
endemic species of fauna are living in Sinharaja Tropical rain forest. There are
about 282 birds are recorded in Sinharaja out of 384 in Sri Lanka. It is 73%.
Most of species who are endemic to Sri Lanka can be seen on Sinharaja.
Butterflies, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are major fauna
types.
Flora and Fauna
The Sinharaja forest reserve is
composed of a core zone and a Buffer zone. The core zone is composed of Tropical
rain forest means wet tropical evergreen forest. But the buffer zone shows a
diversity of forest types since it extends along a large sector of land.
The Sinharaja rain forest is
gradients over to the south-western slope of central hills. Thus, the
intermediate zone between the two zones composed of Wet, Lowland Montanez
forests.
Sinharaja is a
paradise of endemic and other species of fauna. That is a thing that you
wondered is over 50% of endemic species of fauna are living in Sinharaja
Tropical rain forest. There are about 282 birds are recorded in Sinharaja out of
384 in Sri Lanka. It is 73%. Most of species who are endemic to Sri Lanka can be
seen on Sinharaja. Butterflies, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
are major fauna types,
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