Lovely blog, Raghu ji. Anyone on Id for the posted plants? 2009/1/5 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
> Thanks for the relevant information, Sibdas. > Intention of querying was to check for any misunderstanding. > Regards. > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:01 PM, figtree <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> India has about 4000 sq. km of Mangroves, about 50% of which falls in >> Sundarbans, a sizeable chunk can be found in Gujarat (mainly in >> Kuchchh area) and Andaman Nicobar Islands (gujarat and A&N= together >> about 30%), rest mainly in Orissa (Mahanadi delta), Andhra Pradsh and >> Maharastra ( Together about 15%). Scattered are some patches in Goa, >> Kerala; TN and other places. Some claim more species diversity in >> Gujarat than Sundarbans, others refute. Bangladesh has tha largest >> mangrove tract. >> >> On Jan 5, 12:15 pm, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Raghu, >> > >> > Do I understand that your message says that mangroves are only found in >> two >> > places of India -- the Sunderbans and in Pichavaram ? >> > OR am I missing some context? >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > .... >> > >> > > As we went deeper and deeper into the Pichavaram waters, (Chidambaram, >> > > Chennai,Tamil Nadu) we could see clearly the mangroves. On enquiring >> its >> > > name, Ezhumalai rattled off the words "Rhizophora apiculata, >> Rhizophora >> > > muconata and avicennia" - the scientific name of these trees and >> proceeded >> > > to inform us that this type of vegetation could be found in only two >> places >> > > in India - the Sunderbans and in Pichavaram. And finally we were able >> to get >> > > a good look at the mangroves. Half submerged in water, it seemed to >> rest as >> > > if on its branches while the leaves looked green, shiny and rather >> > > appealing. On closer inspection we noticed that the tree sprouts a >> stem >> > > which grows and embeds itself into the ground or should we say the >> waters. >> > > Just the way the branches of the banyan tree grow and pierce the >> ground to >> > > become roots below. No beginning and no end. That's what even the >> mangroves >> > > looked like. >> > >> > > Travelogue and some more photographs on >> > >> > >http://earthsublime.blogspot.com/2008/05/pichavaram-unique-ecosystem.. >> .. >> > >> > > May 23, 2008 >> > >> > > Pichavaram , Chidambaram, Chennai,Tamil Nadu) >> > >> > > ------------------------------ >> > > Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it.< >> http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_1/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/g...>- >> Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> >> -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
