Hello, We at Thane are also lucky in having a mangrove belt as we have the creek coming from arabian sea on two sides from Trombay and Bassein creek as well as we have an estuary Of Ulhas river which flows down towards Arabian sea as a result we have mangroves that need more of fresh water like Rhizophora as well mangroves that grow well in more saline waters like Avicennia marina in addition there is good number of Sonneretia trees also.
________________________________ From: figtree <[email protected]> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 5 January, 2009 3:01:00 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:7138] Re: Pichavaram – Unique Mangrove ecosystem 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 - Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get [email protected]. Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
