- Issues dealt in the Wing
- State Forest Development Agency (SFDA)
- Jagananna Pachhathoranam
- Major Schemes
- Nurseries
4.Nurseries:
Andhra Pradesh Forest department plans to raise about 10 crore seedlings every year mostly under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Quality of seedlings plays a very important role in successful plantation, its survival percentage, its growth to maturity and ultimately to improve the green cover. Since nursery works are seasonal in nature, Forest department takes up these nursery works as per the prescribed calendar of operations. Seedlings of fruit, fodder, shade bearing and timber yielding species like Neredu, Chinta, Ravi, Marri, Kanuga, Vepa, Teak, Red Sanders, Casurina, Bamboo etc are raised in Forest Department nurseries. About 100 variety of native species are raised in the Departmental nurseries.
Some of the important species raised by the Department are:S.No. | Botanical Name | Common Name |
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1 | Casuarina equisetifolia | Sarugudu,Sarvi, chavuka, beefwood tree |
2 | Pongamia pinnata | Kanuga, Indian Beech Tree |
3 | Azadirachta indica | Neem,vepa |
4 | Tectona grandis | Teak, Sagwan |
5 | Pterocarpus santalinus | Red Sanders, Yerra-Chandanam |
6 | Hardwickia binata | Nara yepi,Anjan |
7 | Holoptelea integrifolia | Nemali, pulari, pedda nevii,Kanju,Nemalinara |
8 | Syzygium cumini | Neredu, Jamun,Jinna,Black plum |
9 | Delonix regia | Gulmohar,Turayi,Erraturai |
10 | Tamarindus indica | Chinta, Imli, tamarind tree |