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arunavadattaPlace
Padmaja naidu, Himalayan zoological park, Jawahar Parbat, Darjeeling, West Bengal 734104, India (Google, OSM)Description
Hanging from a tree
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arunavadattaPlace
27W8+422 Lloyd Botanical Garden, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal 734101, India (Google, OSM)
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Rose Family (Family Rosaceae)Observer
arunavadattaPlace
27W8+422 Lloyd Botanical Garden, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal 734101, India (Google, OSM)
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Nepal Mahonia (Berberis napaulensis)Observer
arunavadattaPlace
27W8+422 Lloyd Botanical Garden, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal 734101, India (Google, OSM)
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Staghorn Clubmoss (Palhinhaea cernua)Observer
arunavadattaDescription
Found trailing along moist slope. Found several individuals (10-15), moderate population size.
Locally known as Nag Bel in Nepal.
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Lycopodium japonicumObserver
arunavadattaDescription
Found this species of Lycopodium after trekking for 30 minutes from Lamahatta ecopark. It was growing profusely under conifer forest floor (Cryptomeria japonica).
Distribution is restricted to higher elevations.
Lycopodium japonicum can be identified by the presence of stalked and branched strobilus.
The stalks were visible but the strobili were not present.
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Huperzia herterianaObserver
arunavadattaDescription
Smallest Lycophyte I have seen so far..4-6 cm high, erect.
Looks like a large moss at first glance.
Found on the way to way to Jorbanglaw from Darjeeling. Along moist slopes.
The kidney shaped sporangia are borne on the axil of leaves (microphylls). No seperate stobilus.
Rather rare as I have seen it only once during my trip to Darjeeling
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Staghorn Clubmoss (Palhinhaea cernua)Observer
arunavadattaDescription
Synonym:
Lycopodiella cernua and Lycopodium cernuum
Along moist slope on the way betwwen Darjeeling and Jorenunglaow. Not abundant, rather scarce.
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Observer
arunavadattaDescription
Formerly known as Lycopodium pulcherrima and
Huperzia pulcherrima
Found along moist slope between darjeeling and Jorebunglow along with two other members of Lycopodiaceae
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Starworts (Genus Asterella)Observer
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26FQ+R4 Rock Garden Water Fall point, Bloomfield Tea Garden, West Bengal 734102, India (Google, OSM)Description
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Persicaria runcinataObserver
arunavadattaPlace
26FQ+R4 Rock Garden Water Fall point, Bloomfield Tea Garden, West Bengal 734102, India (Google, OSM)
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Beggarticks (Genus Bidens)Observer
arunavadattaDescription
Invasive weed in tea gardens
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Bellflowers (Genus Campanula)Observer
arunavadattaDescription
Wild, growing along the slope
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Chaff Flowers (Genus Achyranthes)Observer
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Missing DateDescription
Tea garden
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Genus ElatostemaObserver
arunavadattaPlace
26FQ+R4 Rock Garden Water Fall point, Bloomfield Tea Garden, West Bengal 734102, India (Google, OSM)
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Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia)Observer
arunavadattaDescription
Widely naturalized
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Nepalese Broom Grass (Thysanolaena latifolia)Observer
arunavadattaDescription
Along slope
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