The chief characteristics of tropical thorny forests are:
1. The size of the trees of tropical forests is very short.
2. Mainly, there are only shrubs found in these forests.
3. The length of the roots of the trees of these type of forests is too long to absorb the humidity from the depth of ground.
4. The leaves of the trees are narrow and thorny.
5. Abundance of grasses is seen in these forests which are very useful for milching animals.
6. The leaves of these trees are smaller and round – shaped.