Vijayasankar ji I agree grasses are often difficult to differentiate. I had checked spikelets at the time of taking photograph, and opted for Arundo on the basis of hairs arising from the back of lemma and not callus. Also Phragmites is generally a plant of wet banks or shallow waters. This one grows in normal terrestrial habitat in garden. Also the leaves are much broader than Phragmites I know. Any how if you have doubt about its identity, I will recheck when it comes to flower..
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:35 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Gurcharan ji, > > I used to always get confused with this and *Phragmites karka*. Pl tell us > how to distinguish them. In our place we have one with compact inflorescence > and we used to identify it as *Arundo donax*. > In that way it looks different to me. > > Thanx. > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great sir i have seen this in wild many times mostly in Corbett ntional >> Park, >> Tanay >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Arundo donax L. from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. Photographed >>> in January, 2010. Eng: Great reed, Spanish cane. Hindi: Bara nal; Punjab: >>> Bansi; Beng: Gaha nal >>> >>> Reed used for mats, baskets, trays, fishing rods and musical instruments. >>> Stalks and leaves used for pulp used for high grade paper. Also used for >>> manufacture of rayon. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
