Being situated on the uplands, it accommodates the upper catchments of major river systems. The Gangetic plain in the centre with highly fertile alluvial soil and the Vindhya Hills and the plateau in the south are the distinct geographical features of Uttar Pradesh. Forests constitute about 12.8% of its total geographic area, which are the tropical moist deciduous, tropical dry deciduous and tropical thorny. The Himalayan region and the Terai and Bhahar area in the Gangetic plain have the most forests. The state is rich in flora and fauna with an amazing variety of some 1,000 woody plants including 3,000 trees, 400 shrubs and 100 woody climbers.

1. Social Forestry Division, Etawah
2. CIMAP, Lucknow
3. Department of Forestry, C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur
4. Shanmol Gramodyog Sansthan, Lucknow
5. Jeevaniya Society, Lucknow
6. National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
7. Narendra Dev University of Kumarganj, Faizabad
8. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
9. I.C.F.R.E. Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
10. NVS Bioresearch Pvt. Ltd., Moradabad
11. Dabur India Ltd., Sahidabad.