Thanks, Chadwell ji. On 28 Oct 2016 5:11 pm, "chrischadwell...@btinternet.com" < chrischadwell...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Another place worth visiting (have any of this group's members botanized > there, I wonder) mentioned by Collet is 'The Chor' located at 30 52' and 77 > 32' > to the South-East of Shimla rises to some 3600m. I did see a book about a > survey of this area in a book-shop at Shimla some years back but this was > beyond my tight budget. As Collet says this and Hatugarh (Hatu) are the > only elevations in the district on which there is subalpine vegetation. > > I noted over-grazing on Hatu so some of the plants mentioned as growing > there in Collet's time are probably no longer present - just as *Lilium > polyphyllum* which is the Frontispiece in 'Flora Simlensis' was once > common in Shimla woods but is surely rare or its colonies have been > trampled, over-grazed, plucked or its habitat destroyed by construction. > > And one should not forget Shali 'Peak' which has records for species not > recorded elsewhere in the district. > > On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 6:16:14 PM UTC+1, Anil Thakur wrote: > >> Hatoo is a place frequently mentioned in Collett's 'FLORA SIMLENSIS'. >> It is about 75km away from Shimla (H.P.) on Rampur road and rich in >> plant biodiversity. >> It was a nice experience to visit Hatoo alongwith Dr. Nidhan Singh and >> his students. Although we were quite late as most of the plants had >> died, still we got some in our collection. >> >> -- >> With best Regards, >> >> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur >> > -- > 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. 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.
