Chinchoti is an offshoot of the Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and is popular for its waterfalls in the monsoon. This photo is from the open scrubland that dominates the lower reaches of the trail. The upward ascent leads into a mixed-deciduous habitat.
>From what I've seen, the deciduous *Butea monosperma* does remarkably well in such an open, dry ecosystem. The tree in this photo has retained a fair amount of foliage that will eventually disappear at the peak of the flowering period (in March). Best wishes, Viplav El 25 de enero de 2015, 18:12, Ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> escribió: > > very nice > > but googling map... shows this north of Bombay > in asanctuary of sorts > and the land is this dry as in your pic one > > does the ecology / environ change so drastically from the northerbn frings > of the western ghats??? > > looks desolate and in soory state... > bothered me > > hence the comment > > tell me > > usha di > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 9:55 PM, vipl...@gmail.com <vipl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> Sharing an image of a brilliant *Butea monosperma* set against the stark >> early-morning sky. >> >> The flower, especially the outer surface, is very soft and downy. >> >> Photographed today morning in Chinchoti. >> >> Best wishes, Viplav >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
