At Dachigam WLS near Srinagar (Kashmir), i had spotted Black Bears on Oak (Quercus sp) trees and i was told by the forest guide that these Black Bears are fond of acorns.
Regards Prashant On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > These are definitely acorns but the cups of 3 acorns appear to be fused > together. As the Grey Oak [Quercus leucotrichophora] is found > throughtout the Himalayas, it should be reasonably safe to inform your > grand daughter that they are the acorns of a Grey Oak tree. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Wed, 5/22/13, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:155648] Urgent ID Request > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 2:10 PM > > > Yesterday I had placed an 'unreasonable request' for ID of a seed based > on just an anecdote at Neora Valley, North Bengal. Today, I can attach two > images. To me this looks like some sort of an acorn. > > May I please request for urgent help with the ID of this seed? The reason > is personal: > > I had given this seed from Neora Valley to my 5 year old grand daughter > and tomorrow she wants to present that to her class as part of their weekly > 'Do and Tell' story. She asked me the name of the tree/seed and wanted me > to email her a picture of the tree. I am totally lost and therefore request > experts on this forum for urgent help. > > Thank you very much in anticipation of your timely help. > Regards, > Sushmita Jha > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
