May be because of its ability to grow even in very poor soil conditions. In Auroville near Pondicherry, Joss has 'created' a very good forest (i guess it took about 2 decades for him) with all native species in a wasteland which was initially barren and had nothing in it to support a vegetation. He grew this Acacia as a primary succession species that provided shade and leaf-litter and from which he gradually introduced native elements and developed the forest. After establishment of natural vegetation, he carefully removed all Acacia plants from the community. That way this species was very helpful. If you want to create a green cover in poorest soils, you can opt this species. Of course there are certain native species for the purpose such as Neem, Calotropis, Amla etc but Acacia is comparatively fast-growing.
With regards Vijayasankar On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Shantanu <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with you Pankaj ji... > These trees are of no such importance, and they absorb a lot of > moisture from the ground thereby turning the soil dry, and not > allowing other smaller plants to grow around it. > Inspite of all these disadvantages, I dont know why the planting of > these useless exotics are encouraged in our country. > Moreover the pollens of these trees are known to cause allergies in > some people. > > Shantanu. > > On Aug 27, 6:17 am, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nice catch but a too long shots > > Tanay > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately this plant is not good for > > > indigenous vegetation of the area and there is no economical use too. > > > I really dislike plantation of these by forest departments. > > > Regards > > > Pankaj > > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > > > <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > sharing pics of Phyllode Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis) also called > > > Earpod > > > > Wattle and Ear-leaf Acacia. This tree is called Shona-jhuri or > Akashmoni > > > in > > > > Bengali. > > > > Pics taken at Mukutmanipur, Bankura, West Bengal. > > > > There are huge areas in Mukutmanipur covered by this tree planted by > the > > > > Forest Dept. > > > > These trees look nice when in full bloom. > > > > > > regards > > > > Shantanu : ) > > > > > -- > > > *********************************************** > > > "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 > > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > > Department of Botany > > University of British Columbia > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - >
