This species is *Salix denticulata * showing the twigs with female catkins. The characters which help to identify the species from the photographs are:
Twigs reddish to light brown. Leaves alternate; blades oblong-elliptic or oblong-obovate, obtuse to rounded or occasionally acute at apex, denticulate or sometimes serrulate at margin, broadly cuneate at base, bright green above, pale and glaucous beneath, glabrous on both the surfaces; midrib prominent. Young leaves and petiole purplish to pale green. Female catkins erect to sub-erect, slender, cylindrical, compact and green. Thanks, Sukla ------------------------------------------------ Sukla Chanda, PhD Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago IL. On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Sukla Chanda <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Sunday, 2 February 2014 7:21 AM, JM Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Was it planted as a hedge plant. > It can be some kind of Salix (Willow) > Several species are found in North India esp in H.P. > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:24:53 AM UTC+5:30, Suresh C. Sharma wrote: > > Badrinath, Uttarakhand, June 09. > > ID help requested. > > Best, > Suresh C. Sharma > > > > -- 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.
