Prasad I like the way you take photographs of different species. Another good one from you. The ecological importance written in the post is also worth. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the work you are doing.
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Prasad Dash <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear members please find one of the soil binder which help to build sand > dunes to protect the soil erosion (first line defense against the storm and > sea water intrusion to the agricultural fields of the villagers) followed > by casuarina (second line defense) and mangroves (Third line defense). This > will be a series of those plants that recently visited to check how safe > the coasts are in Astaranga of Puri district of Odisha. This is the first > posting of the series. Due to heavy load of field work i am > not getting time to share the plants from my region. I wl try my best to > highlight the ecological importance of some of these plants through my > photography. > > Name of the species: sesuvium portulacastrum > Family: Aizoaceae > Habit: Herb > Habitat: wild, in sea coast between casuarina and sea beachs > Importance: medicinal uses and soil binders (help in Sand dune formation). > > Regards > > Prasad > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 > -- Dr Satish Phadke
