Together they create a silent, smiling orchestra. The charm of the tropics is not only the flowers but also the nice butterflies, such as the monarch Danaus plexippus. Trees Only two species of needle trees grow in Auroville. Tuya and Araucaria. The second one comes from South America.
Some people think that the Casuarina from Australia belongs to the family of needle trees.
About two hundred species of trees grow in Auroville. The flora of the city consists of approximately five hundred species. People and plants have gathered here from all parts of our planet. But the animals are indigenous, though some of them migrate periodically. In Auroville the ornithologists have recorded over one hundred and twenty species of birds.