Welcome to Gopinatham Forest Range
Gopintham is yet another location in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary with breathtaking views. Gopinatham is a village located in Chamarajanagar District, bordering Tamil Nadu. Gopinatham is also the birthplace of the notorious and infamous sandalwood brigand, Koose Munisami Veerappan.
Gopinatham is surrounded by thick scrub forest and picturesque mountainous terrain. It is situated at a very critical junction of the Western and the Eastern Ghats forming a significant corridor for the larger migrating mammals. It is also an important chain link for the diversity of the flora which ranges from the moist deciduous to southern tropical dry deciduous forests, to grasslands, to riparian vegetation.
Describing and listing the flora and fauna of the bio-diverse landscape of Gopinatham is a humongous task. However, a representative description of the plant and animal species found here are indicated below.
Moist deciduous forests are usually found above 900 meters and some common species of trees which are found here are Pterocarpus marsupium, Tectona grandis, Mangifera indica. Dalbergia latifolia, Adina cordifolia, Vitex altissima, Anogeissus latifolia and Bridelia retusa.
