Srinagar, April 2023 :: Salix-2 for ID :: ARK2023-005

[Alka Khare]

Hello friends

This Salix was captured at Tangmarg, J&K in April 2023.

Requested to please ID.

Thanks and regards

Alka Khare

[Alka Khare]

These are images clicked on the phone. When I upload these images here, they change their orientation.

Is anyone else facing these issues?

Regards

Alka Khare

[Mahadeswara]

It is easy to change the orientation  by editing the photos.  

[taffa...@gmail.com]

From the silky white appearance of the ventral side of the leaves it seems to be the male tree of common Kashmir willow ("Wir"  in Kashmiri)  Salix alba. Its wood is used for making cricket bats and branches with leaves are economically important as after drying they provide fodder for cattle ,sheep and goats during the winter months. Its dense flowered yellow catkins are a prominent feature of the local landscape from January to April. Its range extends from Temperate to Subalpine ,Alpine (As per Flora of Kashmir Himalayas by Dhar and Kachroo 1983)

Incidentally Tangmarg (Height about 2100 m asl)is in District  Baramulla and not District Srinagar ( Height of Srinagar city and suburbs is about 1600 m asl).This is rather important as the flora changes markedly with the change in height above sea level.

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Taffazull

[M Swamy]

Very useful information Taffaji ! Excellent !

Thanks & Regards,

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Dear Swamy ji,

Thanks for the appreciation

Regards

Taffazull

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Flowering season is March to April.January is a typo.

Regards

Taffazull

[J.M. Garg]

Alka ji,

Any habit image?

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Taffazull ji

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[Alka Khare]

Thanks Taffazull ji for the ID. And yes, and next time I will be mindful of the altitude.

Garg ji, this was a medium sized tree. Apologies, but no habit images.

Thanks and regards

Alka Khare

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Alka ji,
I am unable to open these images.

May I request you to post JPEG images.

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[Alka Khare]

JPG images attached

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Alka Khare

[Alka Khare]

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[Shakir Ahmad]

Could be S. fragilis

[J.M. Garg]

I do not think so.

I think appears close to images at (as suggested by Taffazull ji):
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/12/27/salix-alba-1/

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[Alka Khare]

Thank you Shakir ji for the feedback.

Garg ji, I am taking this as S. alba.

Regards

Alka Khare