Ushadi It was Phytosociological studies of the area: Ecology plus floristics. Yes it was published in the form of a book. "Forest Flora of Srinagar: and the plants of neighbourhood" published in 1976, Plus of course couple of papers.
-- 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 Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:35 PM, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com > wrote: > Gurcharanji: how kind of you, and I just loved it... > helped me understand this area a little more... > > and your pictures facilitated my armchair travel once more. > > What was your thesis about ( some flora of Dachigam) ? > is it published in its entirety or were you able to get a few papers out > of it? > > Thanks > Usha di > ======== > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Ushadi >> This is rather the one end of a mountain chain, the dip (Aita Gaj Gap) >> separating this from adjacent Shalimar range has the palace of Maharaja >> Hari Singh (father of Dr. Karan Singh). Shalimar range with Zabarwan peak >> and Twin peaks below which we have famous Moghul Gardens Cheshma Shahi, >> Nishat Garden and Shalimar Garden. On the other side it passes into >> Dachhigam sanctuary (the place of my Ph.D. work) underlying the famous >> Mahadev peak (4338 m). I am enclosing somemore photographs. >> >> -- >> 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 Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:40 AM, ushadi Micromini < >> microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Gurcharanji... so this plant was on that hill!!! >>> Seems its a hill with undulations with four peaks, I see a >>> transmission tower or such on the distant most peak... we are not leaving >>> any place pristine!!! >>> >>> The jeel looks neat and clean... no lotuses? >>> >>> usha di >>> >>> ps I agree that any spam message must be deleted ... not allowed to make >>> rounds ... >>> >>> = >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Ushadi >>>> Yes the leaves look like carrot somewhat, although tips are more >>>> sharper in Daucus and inflorescence with long dissected bracts much >>>> different. In fact leaves of many umbellifers Chaerophyllum, Apium, Daucus, >>>> Conium, Anthriscus, Selinum look somewhat similar in appearance. >>>> Shankeracharya is the famous hill in the heart of Srinagar city, >>>> with Shankeracharya temple at the top of it, a regular attraction for >>>> visiters. In between when Moghuls ruled the country it was known as >>>> Takhat-a-Sulaiman. >>>> There is another small hill in the heart of the city known as >>>> Hariparbat, with a fort on the top of it and a huge wall (somewhat similar >>>> to Great Wall of China) say 40-50 ft tall and 15-20 ft. wide, all around >>>> the base of this hill. It is said that this wall was constructed by a king >>>> to put people on job at at a time when there was scarcity of employment in >>>> the valley. >>>> I am attaching distant shots of both. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 6:06 AM, ushadi Micromini < >>>> microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear All: >>>>> REMEMBER: In Emergency wards we were taught that Leaves of Hemlock >>>>> look remarkably like that of CARROTS... dead give away... PUN >>>>> intended.... >>>>> very much intended... >>>>> >>>>> ALSO nothing cute or exotic about it.... sometimes mistaken for >>>>> queen anne's lace because of flowers, but the stem gives it away... >>>>> >>>>> *Gurcharanji... why does one of your pictures have Shankaracharya in >>>>> the pictures label?* >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> usha di >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:45 PM, R Kannan <rkm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> After referring the characters I also decide that it might be >>>>>> Sambucus >>>>>> Rds >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Gurcharan Singh >>>>>> <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> No please, Sambucus only. >>>>>>> Since you say it is a shrub up to 10 ft tall, it can be S. nigra >>>>>>> (leaflets usually 5, elliptic, flowers yellowish white), or S. >>>>>>> canadensis >>>>>>> (leaflets usually 7, elliptic-lanceolate, flowers white). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sambubus adnata (Eastern Himalayas) and S. wightiana (Western >>>>>>> Himalayas) are both perennial herbs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Conium maculatum is a also a herbaceous plant of Apiaceae family >>>>>>> with flowers in umbels and much narrower leaflets. I am again attaching >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> plants. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is absolutely no reason to confuse between Conium and >>>>>>> Sambucus, where flowers are in corymbs (not umbels) and leaves >>>>>>> unipinnate >>>>>>> with much broader leaflets. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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 Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Rajendra Kshirsagar < >>>>>>> kshirsagar150...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dear Gurucharanji, >>>>>>>> Are following plants the Conium maculatum? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Shrubs up to 10 feet high >>>>>>>> Stem: Angular hairy >>>>>>>> Leaves: imparipinnate; two to three pair and last one, deeply >>>>>>>> serrate, green above paler beneath. >>>>>>>> Flowers: Small, white in umbels >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Regards, I remain, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Rajendra Kshirsagar,* Ph. D. I Manager (R&D), Godrej Consumer >>>>>>>> Products Ltd., I Vikhroli (East), Mumbai I >>>>>>>> 022/67976797 I drkshirsa...@yahoo.com I >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Rajendra Kshirsagar < >>>>>>>> kshirsagar150...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:05 PM, KANNAN <kannan_r...@dataone.in>wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Request for identification >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It is Conium maculatum, >>>>>>>>> its exotic plant. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://www.google.co.in/search?q=conium+maculatum&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MSAJUKnDO4rqrQeRmaDJCA&sqi=2&ved=0CHQQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=587 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, I remain, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Rajendra Kshirsagar,* Ph. D. I Manager (R&D), Godrej Consumer >>>>>>>>> Products Ltd., I Vikhroli (East), Mumbai I >>>>>>>>> 022/67976797 I drkshirsa...@yahoo.com I >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Usha di >>>>> =========== >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > >
