Another place worth visiting (have any of this group's members botanized there, I wonder) mentioned by Collet is 'The Chor' located at 30 52' and 77 32' to the South-East of Shimla rises to some 3600m. I did see a book about a survey of this area in a book-shop at Shimla some years back but this was beyond my tight budget. As Collet says this and Hatugarh (Hatu) are the only elevations in the district on which there is subalpine vegetation.
I noted over-grazing on Hatu so some of the plants mentioned as growing there in Collet's time are probably no longer present - just as *Lilium polyphyllum* which is the Frontispiece in 'Flora Simlensis' was once common in Shimla woods but is surely rare or its colonies have been trampled, over-grazed, plucked or its habitat destroyed by construction. And one should not forget Shali 'Peak' which has records for species not recorded elsewhere in the district. On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 6:16:14 PM UTC+1, Anil Thakur wrote: > Hatoo is a place frequently mentioned in Collett's 'FLORA SIMLENSIS'. > It is about 75km away from Shimla (H.P.) on Rampur road and rich in > plant biodiversity. > It was a nice experience to visit Hatoo alongwith Dr. Nidhan Singh and > his students. Although we were quite late as most of the plants had > died, still we got some in our collection. > > -- > With best Regards, > > Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
