I have seen many Alstonia trees (A.scholaris) in Mysore on main road (Sayyaji Rao Road) about 20 years back. I do not know whether all are existing. I am sure a few are definitely there. They are home for hundreds of parrots. Even in Chennai I have seen many of these trees. I have seen plenty of birds visiting these trees. Dr. Mahadeswara swamy
----- Original Message ---- From: Anand Kumar Bhatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ulhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 5 September, 2008 5:25:44 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:4573] Re: Fwd: TN forest Dept forced to fell 'polluting' trees Dear Ulhas: Alstonia has a problem which I have read somewhere, maybe on this site only. Birds don't like this tree either for nesting or roosting. You said that by experience some trees are found not suitable for urban landscaping. If you don't have a list, at least you can mention the ones you can remember off-hand. That will be useful for everybody. Sri Sri Agri in their site have blandly said that acacia is a no-no tree. I pointed out to them that not every acacia variety is invasive. Last I saw their site, they haven't modified it. they are also encouraging simarouba glauca. It is an exotic tree, and if you know anything about it, please let us know. Best wishes akbhatt Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
