Hi all, Here'a another question - we want to plant perches in the lake bed for the kingfishers, cormorants and others. Do suggest suitable tree species that can withstand prolonged water logging. They must be easy to obtain too! :-) Many thanks Usha
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Usha Rajagopalan < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all who responded to my query about suitable tree saplings to > plant in the Puttenahalli Lake bed. Your suggestions were very useful > indeed. We sent the list to the BBMP who's offered to get these species - > Acacia Nilotica, Arjuna Terminalia, Pongamia pinnata, Syzigium cumini and > Dendrocalamus > strictus. We are also trying to get Salix tetrasperma. Our lake being only > about 10 acres, we don't have too much place for more species. > Thanks, once again. > Best > Usha > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:15 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: puttenahalli.lake <[email protected]> >> Date: 4 March 2015 at 12:31 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:217330] trees to plant in a lake bed >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Before the water level increases in monsoon, we want to plant tree >> saplings in the lake bed and on a couple of islands at the Puttenahalli >> Lake, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru . Specifically we are looking for trees which >> can grow in water and on the islands to provide nesting, perching places >> for birds. Which are the suitable species ? Also, where in Bengaluru can we >> get these saplings? We are a small team of citizen caretakers of the lake, >> always low on funds since we maintain the lake with donations from well >> wishers. >> An early reply will be welcome. >> Many thanks >> Usha >> Chairperson, >> Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust >> http://www.puttenahallilake.in/ >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > > -- > *PNLIT: Breathing Life into a Lake* > http://www.puttenahallilake.in/ > > -- *PNLIT: Breathing Life into a Lake* http://www.puttenahallilake.in/ -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
