The Kanasar Giant
One of the largest and most famous cedar trees can be found at the Kanasar Grove north of Chakrata; this is the largest individual, signed as 6.35 m in girth
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Botany:
- Common name: Deodar Cedar or Devdaru: A common and revered evergreen tree of the Western Himalaya, one of India’s largest and most beloved trees
- Botanical species: Cedrus deodara
- Botanical family : Pinaceae [Pine]
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Geography:
- Latitude: 30.780056 ° north of the Equator
- Longitude: 77.834111 ° east of the Prime Meridian
- Altitude: 2178.8 metres above sea level
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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: 21.06.10

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For the landmarked tree named The Kanasar Giant , the database reference code is: t024.
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