Forests, consisting of short and tall trees, cover about 77 percent of the total geographical area of the state of Manipur.
Lilium mackliniae, the Shirui lily or Shirui Kashung Timrawon, is a rare Indian species only in the upper reaches of the Shirui hill ranges in the Ukhrul district of Manipur is the state flower. Phoebe hainesiana (common name uningthou and bonsum), a species of tree in the family Lauraceae is the state tree of Manipur.
The Keibul Lamjao National Park, situated in the south-eastern fringes of the Loktak Lake, is the only home of marsh-dwelling brow-antlered deer, ‘Sangai’ (Cervus eldi eldi) which is the state animal. Hume’s pheasant, the bar-tailed pheasant, is the state bird of Manipur, is a large, forest pheasant with a greyish brown head, bare red facial skin, chestnut-brown plumage, yellowish bill, brownish-orange iris, white wing bars, and metallic blue neck feathers.
State Animal - Sangai (Rucervus eldii eldii)
State Bird - Nongin (Syrmaticus humiae)
State Flower - Siroi lily (Lilium mackliniae)
State Tree - Uningthou (Phoebe hainesiana)
