Good gymnosperm to begin with Sir. It is widespread in temperate zone of Uttarakhand. *Abies pindrow* and *Abies spectabilis* are similar species. Hope both of them will appear on this form with clear differences visible in photographs. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:32:15 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Abies pindrow* Royle,, Illustr. Bot. Himal. 350,. t. 86,. 1836 > > Evergreen tree with Pyramidal crown,without short clustered branches, > flattened leaves, 2-4 cm long, dark green above, spiral but somewhat two > ranked; female cones 8-12 cm long, erect, usually violet-purple; male cones > 1-2 cm long. > Photographed from Gulmarg, Kashmir and Deovan Road Chakrata. > > 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/ > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
