Tide of invasive weeds is now uncontrollable and new weeds are joining the party! Endemics and habitat specific species will be first to vanish. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Monday, May 6, 2013 5:06:28 PM UTC+5:30, Umeshkumar Tiwari wrote: > > Dear All, > > I had collected this species near Wynberg-Allen Private Estate. > > Very recently, an exotic temperate weed (*Stevia ovata*) has been noticed > in the Mussoorie hills, Uttarakhand, India. It is spreading in moist, > southwestern hill slopes. Only 10-15 plants of this species were located in > 2006. At present, it is not possible to count the number of plants in the > Mussoorie hills where it is widely spread between Mussoorie and Dhanolit. > This indicates that in favorable conditions, this species produces prolific > seeds, which are disperse quickly by wind. > > In 'The Indian Forester (2009)' Naithani and Shah has reported this > species from Mussoorie hills, Uttarkhand. > > Regards, > > -- > Dr. Umeshkumar Tiwari, Research Associate > www.medicinalplantsofuttarakhand.in > *www. <http://www.planttaxonomy.blogspot.com/>*planttaxonomy.blogspot.com > Dept.Repository for Medicinal Resources > Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) > Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine > No.74/2, Jarakbande Kaval > Post: Attur, Via Yelahanka > Bangalore - 560 064 > +91-9591862200 (KA) > +91-9411313351(UK) > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
