The Cypress Monster of Ooty

Location:

• State: Tamil Nadu
• Locality: Ooty: Ooty Botanical Gardens

Botany:

• Common name: Monterey Cypress: Growing naturally in only two photogenic locations on the California coast, this tree is now planted worldwide
• Botanical species: Callitropsis macrocarpa
• Botanical family : Cupressaceae [Cypress]

Geography:

• Latitude: 11.413151 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 76.707526 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 2227.7 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• A West Coast Jungle Triangle
• Path : From Bangalore to the Western Ghats at Bandipur and Ooty, and Agumbe Rainforest, and then down the coast from Udupi to Calicut and back to Bangalore via Nilambur
• Date photographed: 2.11.09

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• or trees in the same locality: Ooty
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• or trees of the same botanical family : Cupressaceae [Cypress]
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• View a wide range of mapping resources at GeoHack for coordinates: Latitude : 11.413151° N Longitude : 76.707526° E
• Go to Wikipedia to learn about the Indian State: Tamil Nadu
• or about the locality: Ooty
• Search Google Images to see other perspectives of the same species: Callitropsis macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress)
• Visit the online Wikispecies database to learn more about the taxonomy of the species Callitropsis macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress)
• Follow along the Landmark Trees Trail by seeing other trees encountered on the same journey: A West Coast Jungle Triangle
• Learn more at Wikipedia about the botanical species: Callitropsis macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress)
• or about the botanical family : Cupressaceae [Cypress]

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