Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. This is termed as a virgin vegetation. Thus, cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation.
Read the above passage and answer the following questions
(a) What do you mean by virgin vegetation?
(b) How agricultural crops are different from virgin vegetation?
© What values have you learnt from the given passage?
(a) Virgin vegetation is a vegetation that grows naturally without any human effort. It is left undisturbed by human beings for a long time.
(b) Agricultural crops are grown by human beings, so they are entirely different from virgin vegetation.
© From this passage, I have learnt that the natural vegetation is our living heritage. We should preserve it.