Dear Rashida ji Shegoon is the Bengali name of the Teak (Tectona grandis) tree :) I have written the Bengali name by mistake....
HAPPY DEWALI Shantanu :) On 11/4/10, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Shantanu ji for sharing this wonderful flora and fauna info.and > pictures of the forest. Your descriptions are always very interesting! May > I ask what are Shegoon trees ? Thanks. > > regards, > Rashida. > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > <shnt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi friends.... >> during my recent visit to the Jaldapara WLS in the Jalpaiguri dist. of >> West bengal...I noticed that this forest is a treasuretrove of flora. >> Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected park situated at the >> foothills of Eastern Himalayas in Alipurduar Sub-Division of >> Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal and on the bank of river Torsa and >> have an area of 141 km² and altitude of 61 m. Jaldapara, the vast >> grassland with patches of riverine forests was declared a sanctuary in >> 1941 for protection of the great variety flora and fauna, particularly >> the one-horned rhinoceros, an animal threatened with extinction. >> >> The forest is mainly savannah covered with tall grasses, but there are >> also huge areas of mixed deciduous, wet monsoon type, tropical moist >> deciduous type, tropical semi-evergreen type and riverine forests. >> >> The flora of Jaldapara includes 112 families with 584 species of >> angiosperms. The main trees are Actinodaphne obovata, Alstonia >> scholaris (B.Chhatim),Callicarpa arborea, Dillenia indica,Sapim >> baccatum, Tetrameles nudiflora. There are few patches of Shorea >> robusta (Sal) and Dalbergia sisso (Sisoo). There are also patchy >> distributions of Shegoon trees. >> The Tropical deciduos formation is represented by Careya arborea, >> Dillenia pentagyna, Mailotus phillippensis, Toona ciliata (Toon),etc. >> >> the main species of grasses and fodder plants found in the vast >> grassland are Arundo donax, Apluda mutica, Desmodium gangeticum, >> Imperata cylindrica, Kyllinga brevifolia, Phragmites karka, Saccharum >> spontaneum, Sachharum ravene, etc. >> These plants are the main source of food for the herbivores of the >> park like Rhinos, Bisons, Hog deer, Hispid hare, Sambars, Barking >> deer, Cheetal deer, Elephants,etc. >> >> regards >> Shantanu. >> >> Shantanu Bhattacharya. >> M.Sc (Zoology) >> University of Calcutta. >> Teaching Faculty. >> Dept. of Biology. >> Vivekananda Mission School(ICSE). >> Joka. Kolkata. >> >
