Really nice photographs Surajit ji -- 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 Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:22 AM, surajit koley < surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sir, > > Kamarkundu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamarkundu_Junction> is a > railway junction where > Howrah-Tarakeswar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarakeswar>rail runs on > overbridge and Howrah-Burdwan > Chord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Bardhaman_chord>runs > underneath. The concrete and steel girdles of the overbridge accumulated > dust and debris. Eventually grasses and herbs grew there, attracted > insects, maybe some millipedes and certainly microbes also. They added > humus component to those dusts and sands and turned the concrete into a > cradle of life. > > This grass is growing on that cradle of life! > > Species : *Chloris barbata* Sw. > Habit & Habitat : about 2. feet high, narrow leaves of less than 0.5 mm > Date : 20/9/12, 9.52 a.m. > Place Kamarkundu (Hooghly) > Earlier post of similar grass - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/MZHwCDAxoS8/discussion > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > --
