Tabo Ancient Corner Poplar

In the soaring high desert landscape of Spiti Valley, this sacred and ancient Poplar tree is linked to the earliest days of the Tabo Monastery, famed for its Buddhist murals

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Bodhi Leaf Tabo Ancient Corner Poplar

In the soaring high desert landscape of Spiti Valley, this sacred and ancient Poplar tree is linked to the earliest days of the Tabo Monastery, famed for its Buddhist murals


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Taxon Botany:

    • Common name: Himalayan Poplar: This is a Himalayan species of the widely distributed Northern Hemisphere cottonwoods and poplars
    • Botanical species: Populus ciliata
    • Botanical family : Salicaceae [Willow]

CompassGeography:

  • Latitude: 32.09406 ° north of the Equator
  • Longitude: 78.381678 ° east of the Prime Meridian
  • Altitude: 3280.3 metres above sea level

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Journey Journey:

  • Mountains of Cedar and Snow
  • Path : Based in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, with excursions to Dharamsala and through the Kinnaur and Spiti Valleys
  • Date photographed: 2.06.10

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