Dr. Singh-- An interesting tree that I'm seeing here first. Thanks for the pictures.
Regards-- Ken. ________________________________ From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Flowers of India <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, July 29, 2010 5:47:11 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:42663] Picea smithiana from kashmir Picea smithiana from Kashmir. The trees of Picea and Cedrus sans cones are often confused even by some botanists. Both have non flattened almost spirally arranged leaves. They can however be easily distinguished on the basis of dwarf shoots in Cedrus and their absence in Picea. They are also lighter coloured in Picea. This one was photographed from Gulmarg on June 20, 2010. -- 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/
