Yes, common in subalpine regions (some times extending to lower alpine regions) in Himalayas.
-- 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 Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice. Thanks for sharing....Betula utilis. > Pankaj > > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 4:27 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bhojpatra tree captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around > > 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.). > > Bark used for writing in earlier times. > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > alphabetically & place-wise): > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them > > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than > 1475 > > members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 > > species on 30/11/10) > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >

