I have seen no species spreading as fast as Leucanthemum vulgare and Anthemis cotula with Matricaria matricaroides close on heels. There was just one patch of Leucanthemum vulgare (then known as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) in Kashmir near Harwan reservoir in 1975, but now it is every where from 1600 m in valley ascending to alpine slopes. Same is the case with Anthemis cotula, present as single patch near tourist reception centre in Srinagar, but now almost in all places and altitudes. The two are easily the commonest weeds on roadsides, wastelands, mountain slopes and alpine meadows. Leucanthemum, I have recorded at a few other hill stations also.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:05 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > 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<http://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. > > > -- 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.
