Thanks, Gaurav ji, for wonderful comparison all three species. You are superb!!!
-- With regards, J. M. Garg On Wed 23 Jan, 2019, 7:26 PM Gaurav Verma <[email protected] wrote: > Here is a Foliage comparison of 2 of 3 native west Himalayan Abies > species, i.e. Abies gamblei and Abies pindrow. > Abies gamblei was used to be considered as a subspecies of Abies pindrow > by many authors, i.e. Abies pindrow var. brevifolia but now it has been > recognized a totally separate species. The morphological and altitude > difference is clearly visible in both. You can see the difference in color > and length of needles of both the species in the photo. > > Abies spectabilis is also present in the same region and is very similar > to Abies gamblei. The major difference between Abies gamblei and Abies > spectabilis is that Abies spectabilis are more "bicolored" due to the > argentea under needles. Both species grow in the same altitude range but A. > gamblei prefers drier sites and Abies spectabilis moist. > All three species hybridize freely in their habitat. > > In the photo attached: > > Abies gamblei is from Chitkul Village (3450m), Himachal Pradesh, India. > Date of Photo: 8th June 2016. (Starting altitude for gamblei) > > Abies pindrow is from Hatu Peak (3400m), Himachal Pradesh, India. Date of > Photo: 4th June 2016. (Topmost altitude for pindrow) > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
