Thanks Usha Ji for the lovely information regarding the vegetation of the areae. But you made a mistake the photo was posted by shantanu Ji and not me. Anyways thanks
Tanay On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:52 AM, ulachungpa <ulachun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Tanay, > I live in Gangtok and work in the Forest Dept. > Your picture shows a stand of trees planted by our department in what > is a remnant of our Pinetum, much of which is now the VIP Colony and > Circuit House. > The majority species are Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus funebris and > Pinus patula. All are introduced species. All fast growing. You will > find similar species in Darjeeling too. > These days however we are going in more for plantation of indigenous > species. > > Hope this helps. > Kind regards, > Usha > > On Aug 25, 1:27 pm, Shantanu Bhattacharya <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > taken this pic of Conifers during the visit to Gangtok- Sikkim in > December > > 2009. > > I think these are pines. > > > > cheers! > > Shantanu :) > > > > conifers.JPG > > 600KViewDownload -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
