To add to my query below - the snags need to last for a couple of years or so till the saplings (Acacia Nilotica, Terminalia Arjuna) grow and provide live perches. Thanks Usha
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Usha Rajagopalan < [email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > -- *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.
