| Northwestern Thorn Scrub Forests |
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The Northwestern thorn scrub forests are thought to be Tropical Dry Forests that were degraded through intensive agriculture and grazing into stunted and open thorn scrub, dominated by species such as '' Acacia Senegal '' and '' A. Leucophloea '', as well as '' Prosopis Cineraria '', '' Capparis Zeylandica '', and species of '' Salvadora , Gymnosporia , Grewia ,'' and '' Gardenia ''. Over 90% of the ecoregion has been converted to human use, and the remaining habitat is highly fragmented. This ecoregion, together with the Thar Desert and Indus Valley Desert ecoregions, form Udvardy's "Thar Desert" Biogeographic Province . EXTERNAL LINK Northwestern thorn scrub forests (World Wildlife Fund) |
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