Environmental Ed Center Araucaria

Location:

• State: Himachal Pradesh
• Locality: McLeod Ganj: At the Environmental Education Center

Botany:

• Common name: New Caledonian pine: An upright, soft-leaved coniferous tree from the Indian island of New Caledonia, where this and other uniquely Southern Hemisphere plant lineages survive
• Botanical species: Araucaria columnaris
• Botanical family : Araucariaceae [Monkey Puzzle]
• This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide

Geography:

• Latitude: 32.238725 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 76.324691 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 1748.1 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: 30.09.09

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• View a wide range of mapping resources at GeoHack for coordinates: Latitude : 32.238725° N Longitude : 76.324691° E
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• Visit the online Wikispecies database to learn more about the taxonomy of the species Araucaria columnaris (New Caledonian pine)
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