59 

 APPENDIX III continued. 



Com- 

 part- 

 ment 

 No. 



Area. 



Boundaries. 



Configuration, rock 

 and soil. 



General character of 



Forests. 



Distribution of 

 growing stock. 



Percent- 

 age. 



Remarks. 



70 



659-2 



North. The Gail 



gavali River. 

 East and south. 



(a) Configuration, The 

 compartment contains 



undulating ground. 

 The Pattanpnrl the highest point of 

 Road. which is 227 feet in 



West. The Yoke- the wst centre of thej 

 ;ruli Road. area. The whole area| 



being along the banks 

 of the Gangvali ial 

 drained by smal 

 nallas direct into thai 

 river. 



(b) Boek and Soil. 

 The underlying rock 

 is laterite and granite. 

 On the hillocks, the 

 soil is everywhere 

 good. 



(b) Natural regeneration. Na- 

 tural regeneration is rather 

 poor in this area, probably due 

 to the heavy growth of Karvi 

 and evergreen shrubs. 



(c) Undergrowth. Heavy Karvi 

 and even evergreen shrubs 

 occur nearly everywhere. Bam- 

 boos are found north of the 

 road and only sparingly so on 

 the lower slopes, while on the 

 spur practically none occur. 



(d) Grazing. Grazing is confin- 

 ed to near the river, and even 

 here is at no times heavy. 



(fl) Growing stock. The grow- 

 ing stock, is a mixture of: 

 deciduous and evergreen forest; 

 on the small hillocks deciduous, 

 forest is found, containing 

 Kindal, Matti ;ind Nana locally,, 

 with many inferior species , : 

 nearly all the large trees have [ 

 been exploited from this area.j 

 On the low -lying ground, 

 especially in the south centre 

 of the compartment, evergreen 

 forest occurs, where Kossumj 

 Bharnigi, Mango and Bhirendi! 

 make up much of the growing* 

 stock. All along the road, in 

 the south, the forest is of poor 

 quality ; the stocking is however, 

 complete. 



(b) ^Natural regeneration. The 

 seedling growth is fair and in 

 places good, especially of Jamba 

 and Kindal, while Nana ad- 

 vanced growth and Matti 

 seedlings are found here and 

 there only. 



(c) Undergrowth. Many Bamboos i 

 of poor quality together with a: 

 light crop of Karvi are found! 

 in the deciduous portions, while! 

 evergreen shrubs cover the' 

 ground elsewhere. Creepers 

 abound in many places. 



(d) Grazing. Grazing is carried 

 on all over the more open 

 portions of the compart- 

 ment. 



1 Matti 

 (a) Sound 

 (b\ Unsound 



2 Nana 



3 Kindal 



4 Jamba 



5 Teak 



6 Sissum 



7 Honni 



8 Heddi 



9 Dhanini 



10 Apta 



11 Jambul 



12 Womle 



13 Kharsing 



14 Bharnigi 



15 Other species 



7-2 



2-7 



10-5 



13-9 



11-5 



2 

 9 

 3-7 

 2 

 3 

 7 



47-0 



The main require- 

 ments of these 

 forests are rest 

 from over-fell- 

 ings. Creeper 

 cutting is necess- 

 ary everywhere- 



R . S. PEARSON, 



Divisional Forest Officer, 



Working Plans, S. C. 



