Isnt Saranda forest in Orissa.....Pankaj ji?
On 8/26/10, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >
