It is a very simple way of understanding. Anything to catch fire easily needs to be heated up to a particular temperature so that it will ignite. Grasses have thin cylindrical stems and hence easy to heat up when dry, in comparison to wood which takes time. Pankaj
On Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:58:52 UTC+8, vikram jit singh wrote: > > Dear Mr. Garg, > > Could the members of this esteemed group explain the phenomenon of a > jungle fire with reference to wild 'Sarkanda' growth. > > A fire in the 'sarkanda' --- that grows commonly in the Shivaliks ravines > behind Chandigarh --- was observed last week (Village Chhoti-Baddi Nagal, > Punjab). It had not rained for many weeks here. What was remarkable was the > incendiary quality of dry sarkanda. The dry sarkanda went aflame with > such ferocity that it virtually exploded like ''popcorns'' with loud > sounds. The black soot and smoke of the aflame sarkanda was hurled high > up in the air like an imploding Ravana. It was visible and audible from > quite a distance. > > *Would any other vegetation virtually 'explode' like the Shivaliks > sarkanda? Is it due to any special feature of 'sarkanda' or what causes > such inflammability of this particular wild vegetation? It is due to the > air/gases stored in the hollows of the sarkanda stalks, which upon heating > from fires, expand and cause the 'explosions'? * > > (Attached are pics of burning sarkanda and adjoining sarkanda not yet > reached by the jungle fire) > > Best regards, > > *Vikram Jit Singh* > > (09814019356) > > Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: > > *The Times of India* at Chandigarh (India). > > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Vikram-Jit-Singh.cms > > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-feminism-in-vogue > /story-i0vWsRwTTijaIenfxZRHQN.html > > > Columnist and writer for: > > The *Hindustan Times* > > > > *http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/co-s-letter-bomb-to-brigade-commander-blows-up-after-17-years-via-twitter/story-UFgbWx6L65LsdILHUhJ3kK.html > > <http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/co-s-letter-bomb-to-brigade-commander-blows-up-after-17-years-via-twitter/story-UFgbWx6L65LsdILHUhJ3kK.html>* > > > > > *http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-nabbing-phantoms-and-yogi-the-mascot-mongoose/story-LlTFv5VnncLpAFJ2ly6K6L.html > > <http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-nabbing-phantoms-and-yogi-the-mascot-mongoose/story-LlTFv5VnncLpAFJ2ly6K6L.html>* > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-the-lone-skimmer-at-sukhna > -and-that-pair-of-eyes/story-SOVZWJhykfMRZzSaDrfjBL.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-feminism-in-vogue > /story-i0vWsRwTTijaIenfxZRHQN.html > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-bull-of-the-baoris > -and-how-water-looks-to-kids/story-HQoGntUmXbYXzcEodVHeVL.html > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-demonising-the-gharial > /story-ByDVAyG3nbMTN66PSi3D8L.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/a-ban-on-dawn-s-dew/story > -x9SYGLUz472SOkEXNgMgXI.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz > -touched-by-the-sun/story-cDl6qyUBwshDw0rWSDkFjM.html > > *http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-cooperative-of-scavengers/story-bbbB4tKOrjEwI9D0CojumN.html > > <http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-cooperative-of-scavengers/story-bbbB4tKOrjEwI9D0CojumN.html>* > > > > > > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-harike > -under-siege/story-AS6LFy7DaZJKv6Bu74BMUK.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-kiran-ki-kalpana > /story-YJzbpNFj4Ei3DmiHdYAShP.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz > -from-the-jaws-of-death/story-sAXNhH8BlWIBq0gmhhjuRI.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-man-eaters-of-begumpur > /story-SRWrWwIVv1L0E6P4iKZX3L.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz > -death-at-dawn/story-tMymRnkgLarg1FqkTmOCpN.html > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/hiss-highness-is-high > -up/article1-13732 > 22.aspx > > *The Daily Post* > > > http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=111456&boxid=59264&uid&; > dat=2014-07-22#.U83Vm7Xqt5U.facebook > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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.
