Quite a detailed photography Tanay On 18 January 2012 01:34, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- *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 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
