A reply: "This is Abies spactabilis and snaped at Tisri ,the way to Churdhar,alongwith my company. KrishanLal"
On 22 October 2012 19:34, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: 22 October 2012 19:28 > Subject: The "high level fir tree" in the west Himalayas > To: jmgarg1 <[email protected]> > Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected] > > > > Dear Manoj Chandran ji > It is very intersting to read the information you kindly provided. > Abies spectabilis is actually a robust tree with huge cones (sometimes up > to 20 long!) - see the > photo plate on page 311 of C.A.W. (attached). The tree called A. > spectabilis in the western Himalayan > region must be a different one - as it was described by Hickel as A. > gamblei (with the type specimen > from Uttaranchal, collected "Gauriku'nd via Tri'jugi Nara'in and Ma'ser > Tal to Bi'lung", the sample is in > the Paris Herbarium, seen by us). This latter tree is featured (from > Himachal) in the C.A.W. on page > 300 - also attached. This is a smaller tree with small cones, and > morphology that is entirely different > from both A. pindrow and the true spectabilis. So indeed there is a need > to refresh the information on > the firs of the W. Himalayas and make renewed sampling in Uttaranchal, > Himachal, and Jammu and > Kasmir. (Abies gamblei is actually reaching western Afghanistan also, but > I do not think anyone can > go there right now) -- Is there anyone who would cooperate in such a > "Himalayan fir study"? > Istvan Racz > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1980 members & > 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1980 members & 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
