Thanks Sukla for for this nice upload. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> wrote: > > The oak is a common symbol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol> of > strength <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue> and > endurance<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance>and has been chosen as the > national > tree <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_tree> of many countries > including United States of America, > England<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England>, > Estonia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia>, > France<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France>, > Germany <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany>, > Moldova<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova>, > Romania <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania>, > Latvia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia>, > Lithuania <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania>, > Poland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland>, > the United States <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>, > Wales<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales>, > Galicia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_%28Spain%29>, > Bulgaria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria>, > and Serbia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia>. > > > Here I present the species *Quercus lyrata* L. (*overcup oak, Family > *Fagaceae). > This is a medium sized tree to 20 m high. Leaves 10-16 cm long, deeply > lobed. The flowers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower> are > catkins<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catkin>, > produced in the spring and maturing in about 6-7 months into > acorns<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn>2.5-5 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, > largely enclosed by the > cupule <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calybium_and_cupule> (acorn cup). > > > Place: Morton Arboratum, Illinois, US > > Date: 8th June, 2013 > > > Thanks, > Sukla > ------------------------------------------------ > Sukla Chanda, PhD > Science & Education, > The Field Museum, Chicago IL. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
