 The vegetation is guinea savannah woodland consisting of short widely spread deciduous trees and a ground flora of grass, which get burnt by fire or sun scorch during the long dry season.The most common economic trees are the shea nuts, dawadawa, baobab and acacia.The district has three gazetted forest reserves covering a total area of 455.21 sq km; Nyokoko (established in 1954), Tankwiddi East and the Red Volta were respectively established in 1956.