Chadwell Sir, Thank you for the id of my pictures of Willow Species and the explanation in detail. Unfortunately, I do not have pictures of the flowers or catkins as it was not possible to stop on the busy roads to take pictures. These were seen on the way to Doodhpathri. Regards, Aarti
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 7:35 PM, C CHADWELL <chrischadwell...@btinternet.com > wrote: > These are willows (Salix sp.) - a genus which is commonly planted along > water courses in Kashmir > and Ladakh. > > They have been pollarded. > > *Unfortunately, this is a very difficult genus to identify, even with > close-ups of flowers or fruits. Having only* > *non-close-ups of the leaves, it would be highly speculative to offer a > species name. A few are commonly* > *planted, so IF you can send images of the flowers and catkins, it may > prove possible.* > > *Stewart says the commonest willow below 5000' on roadsides, by irrigation > ditches, water mills incl. Jhelum* > *Valley Road is Salix acmophylla (which your photos do not match) but > several other species have been planted. Just* > *for good luck there are hybrids. Nor is it 'Weeping Willow' (Salix > babylonica), Salix alba or S.excelsa mentioned* > *in 'Flowers of Himalaya' as cultivated.* > > As Stewart states, *Salix is probably the commonest woody genus in > mountainous areas (of Pakistan & Kashmir)* > *ascending into the alpine zone. Willows usually grow beside streams or > where water is not far away. The larger woody* > *species are very important in the economy of the villages in the dry > inner valleys. Willows (and Poplars) are cultivated in* > *every village for fuel, building purposes and for baskets - not > forgetting shade and fodder. Willows also grow spontaneously* > *beside streams and irrigation ditches.* > > *In Hazara and Kashmir there are shrubby species which grow gregariously > on alpine meadows. Different authors have tried* > *to give names to our taxa and as the genus is vey difficult many of our > species have been given half dozen names. I* > *have tried to follow Skvortsov, the specialist on the willows of USSR.* > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > *To:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > *Cc:* Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 11:05 > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:253490] Tree For ID : Kashmir : 12OCT16 : > AK-16 > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Aarti S. Khale* <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> > Date: 12 October 2016 at 15:32 > Subject: [efloraofindia:253490] Tree For ID : Kashmir : 12OCT16 : AK-16 > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Tree seen on way to Doodhpathri on 27th April,16. > These were seen in a number of places along the roadside. > Aarti > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com > <indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
