The right place to see Sal at its best is in Saranda forests in Jharkhand. It is supposed to be Asia's most dense Sal forest. Regards Pankaj
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Anand Kumar Bhatt <anandkbh...@gmail.com> wrote: > In tribal areas like Bastar there are several naturally grown patches of sal > , No other tree is there. They are called Sarna and they are considered > sacred. Probably these sacred places or protected areas like Kanha are the > few places where You can see Sal forest in its full glory, at least in MP. > ak > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Is it a good idea to encourage a monoculture like this? >> Padmini Raghavan. >> >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >> <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> i visited Shantiniketan- famous for Rabindranath Tagore in April 2010. >>> I found vast stretches of arid areas where the Forest Dept. of West >>> Bengal have planted Sal trees (Shorea robusta) thereby increasing the scenic >>> beauty of the otherwise dull areas. >>> regards >>> Shantanu. > > > > -- > Anand Kumar Bhatt > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > Gwalior. 474 005. > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > My blogsite is at: > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > (Two new blogs have been added on 3 August '10.) > And the photo site: > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
