Thank you, Dr Kumar.
*Does the fire have nothing to do with gases/air trapped inside the cylindrical stems, which upon heating from nearby flames explode? The sarkanda was literally exploding.* On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is a very simple way of understanding. Anything to catch fire easily > needs to be heated up to a particular temperature so that it will ignite. > Grasses have thin cylindrical stems and hence easy to heat up when dry, in > comparison to wood which takes time. > Pankaj > > > On Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:58:52 UTC+8, vikram jit singh wrote: >> >> Dear Mr. Garg, >> >> Could the members of this esteemed group explain the phenomenon of a >> jungle fire with reference to wild 'Sarkanda' growth. >> >> A fire in the 'sarkanda' --- that grows commonly in the Shivaliks >> ravines behind Chandigarh --- was observed last week (Village Chhoti- >> Baddi Nagal, Punjab). It had not rained for many weeks here. What was >> remarkable was the incendiary quality of dry sarkanda. The dry sarkanda >> went aflame with such ferocity that it virtually exploded like ''popcorns'' >> with loud sounds. The black soot and smoke of the aflame sarkanda was >> hurled high up in the air like an imploding Ravana. It was visible and >> audible from quite a distance. >> >> *Would any other vegetation virtually 'explode' like the Shivaliks >> sarkanda? Is it due to any special feature of 'sarkanda' or what causes >> such inflammability of this particular wild vegetation? It is due to the >> air/gases stored in the hollows of the sarkanda stalks, which upon heating >> from fires, expand and cause the 'explosions'? * >> >> (Attached are pics of burning sarkanda and adjoining sarkanda not yet >> reached by the jungle fire) >> >> Best regards, >> >> *Vikram Jit Singh* >> >> (09814019356) >> >> Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: >> >> *The Times of India* at Chandigarh (India). >> >> >> >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Vikram-Jit-Singh. >> cms >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-feminism-in-vogue >> /story-i0vWsRwTTijaIenfxZRHQN.html >> >> >> Columnist and writer for: >> >> The *Hindustan Times* >> >> >> >> *http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/co-s-letter-bomb-to-brigade-commander-blows-up-after-17-years-via-twitter/story-UFgbWx6L65LsdILHUhJ3kK.html >> <http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/co-s-letter-bomb-to-brigade-commander-blows-up-after-17-years-via-twitter/story-UFgbWx6L65LsdILHUhJ3kK.html>* >> >> >> >> >> *http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-nabbing-phantoms-and-yogi-the-mascot-mongoose/story-LlTFv5VnncLpAFJ2ly6K6L.html >> <http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-nabbing-phantoms-and-yogi-the-mascot-mongoose/story-LlTFv5VnncLpAFJ2ly6K6L.html>* >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-the-lone-skimmer-at-sukhna >> -and-that-pair-of-eyes/story-SOVZWJhykfMRZzSaDrfjBL.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-feminism-in-vogue >> /story-i0vWsRwTTijaIenfxZRHQN.html >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-bull-of-the-baoris >> -and-how-water-looks-to-kids/story-HQoGntUmXbYXzcEodVHeVL.html >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-demonising-the-gharial >> /story-ByDVAyG3nbMTN66PSi3D8L.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/a-ban-on-dawn-s-dew/story >> -x9SYGLUz472SOkEXNgMgXI.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-touched-by-the >> -sun/story-cDl6qyUBwshDw0rWSDkFjM.html >> >> *http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-cooperative-of-scavengers/story-bbbB4tKOrjEwI9D0CojumN.html >> <http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-cooperative-of-scavengers/story-bbbB4tKOrjEwI9D0CojumN.html>* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-harike-under- >> siege/story-AS6LFy7DaZJKv6Bu74BMUK.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-kiran-ki-kalpana >> /story-YJzbpNFj4Ei3DmiHdYAShP.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-from-the-jaws- >> of-death/story-sAXNhH8BlWIBq0gmhhjuRI.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-man-eaters-of-begumpur >> /story-SRWrWwIVv1L0E6P4iKZX3L.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-death-at-dawn/ >> story-tMymRnkgLarg1FqkTmOCpN.html >> >> >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/hiss-highness-is-high >> -up/article1-13732 >> 22.aspx >> >> *The Daily Post* >> >> >> http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=111456&boxid=59264&uid&; >> dat=2014-07-22#.U83Vm7Xqt5U.facebook >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > 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 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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