The Woodside Wolf Oak

Location:

• State: Uttarakhand
• Locality: Landour-Mussoorie: On the leading from Woodstock to Sister’s Bazaar

Botany:

• Common name: Banj Oak: An evergreen oak from the western slopes of the central Himalaya, found with rhododendrons, pines, and walnuts in a distinctively Eurasian-derived forest community
• Botanical species: Quercus leucotrichofora
• Botanical family : Fagaceae [Oak]

Geography:

• Latitude: 30.45519562 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 78.10215798 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 2146.7 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• The Green Mountains of Uttarakhand
• Path : Living in Mussoorie, with visits towards Nanda Devi, Haridwar, and Rishikesh
• Date photographed: 2.08.08

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