Usha di, Flora of Bangalore(Bengaluru) is very interesting. Has been documented well by Dr. Francis Buchanan in his diaries - A Journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara and Malabar.1800. Later by Dr. S.V.Ramaswamy and Dr.B.A. Razi - Flora of Bangalore district.1973. Recently by Neginhal S.G - Forest Trees of Western Ghats.2012. has mention of nearby towns like Kolar, Mysore, Mandya,Melagiri etc.
Lalbagh contains alot of exotics and many species of western ghats etc....a good collection from Hyder Ali and British times. Nandi hills has got W.G species like Ixora nigricans(frs. fed on by NIlgiri Wood Pegion over there) etc.... Ramanagara hills has got Aglaia elaeagnoidea in sholas that fruits profusely. Being close to Tamilnadu, in some of the nearby hills we have Allophylus cobbe etc. Many forests contain scrub vegetation too.......... Many species of the Eastern ghats are also present. Most of us are a local group of rockclimbers, birders, students and hobby botanists etc. Not experts. We shall keep you informed about our Flora Walks so you may plan to come to join us. Warm Regards. On Jan 10, 1:45 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Sheshadri: > I am not a bangolrean,but would love to come to the garden city of > india and go on severalwalkswith knowledgeable person/s... > > so how about it? > do you have a website or a blog or something with you ph etc? > > usha di > ======= > > On Jan 9, 9:59 pm, Sheshadri Ramaswamy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Anush, > > Hope you remember the treewalksI used to conduct at Bangalore > > University etc. > > The next time I invited egroup members for a tree walk the response > > was poor(just 2) and we stopped this activity. > > Anyway we can begin it all over again at Bangalore. > > I am not so keen on exotic avenue trees but I can ask some of my > > friends to do a tree walk inside the city. > > If you have a group of more than 5 people interested in Native Trees > > of Bangalore then I can take you all to the outskirts or a little > > distance away where Native trees are found. > > You people are keen birders and we can study interdependance. > > Regards. > > Sheshadri R. > > > On Jan 9, 8:48 pm, Anush Shetty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One in bangalore please :-) > > > > Anush > > > On Jan 9, 2012 8:11 PM, "Rakesh Biswas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Rajesh i second this wholeheartedly and i am one city based > > > > common > > > > layman who would love to learn from such organized endeavors. > > > > > This could also lay a foundation for propagating 'citizen science' in a > > > > peripatetic manner as well? (ref: > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school) > > > > > regards, > > > > > rakesh > > > > > PS: I am not sure if i have any takers from my city though. :-) > > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Rajesh Sachdev > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > >> Dear eFI members kindly suggest if city based outings could be > > > >> organised > > > >> by some experts wherein common and layman individuals like me could > > > >> get to > > > >> learn a bit? > > > > >> -- > > > >> Regards > > > >> Rajesh Sachdev > > > >>http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy
