The Viceregal Liriodendron
A Tulip-poplar, eastern North America’s tallest flowering tree, grows at the Viceregal Lodge in Shimla.
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Botany:
Common name: Tulip-Tree : This tree, with attractively curved leaves, is the tallest species in the seasonally-bare deciduous forests of the eastern United States
Botanical species: Liriodendron tulipifera
Botanical family : Magnoliaceae [Magnolia]
Geography:
Latitude: 31.102792 ° north of the Equator
Longitude: 77.141001 ° east of the Prime Meridian
Altitude: 2146.3 metres above sea level
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Journey:
Venturing Northwest
Path : Through Chandigarh up to Shimla, Dharamsala, and down into the Punjab and Haryana
Date photographed: 28.09.09
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