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About a quarter of the forest is covered by Tectona Grandis (teak), the trees of which are in many places interspersed by a healthy growth of Bamboo. The dry mixed forests, which also occupy large sections of the forest, consists primarily of Anogeissus latifolia, Boswellia serrata, Buchnania lanzan, Lannea coromandelica, Terminalia tomentosa and Diospyros melanoxylon. The wetter areas besides water bodies consist of Termninalia arjuna, Ixora parviflora and again Terminalia tomentosa. Open stretches of land left behind by trans-located villages have populations of mainly Madhuca indica, Butea monosperma, Ziziphus mauritiana.

The forests of Pench have a lot of contrasting vegetation

The park also has excellent stretches of grass in the forest tracts, other than in the open grasslands, which has resulted in a wildlife reserve with one of the highest densities of herbivores and prey species.

A special mention has to be made of the Kullu tree, a variety of gum tree, that very few visitors leave Pench without noticing. It owes it's popularity due to its striking contrast of colour with the vegetation that surrounds it and the manner in which it seems to grow out of solid rocks. Due to its almost pure white bark and branches shaped like crooked fingers, it is jokingly also called the "ghost tree" by some of the local naturalist. They say it is quite a spectacle to behold the sight of a kullu tree during a walk on a full moon night.