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Merag Deodars Visible from the Tapovan road past Joshimath in the High Himalaya are these two majestic deodars stand alone amongst the farmfields, just around the corner from Nanda Devi, one of the world’s tallest mountains.
The Mori Pine At a sandy river bank along the Tons River, this champion sized pine is now in pieces after it succumbed to fungal decay
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
Sipur Cedar Grove Study-Climbing Tree This tree was climbed and mapped during a research project with the Forest Survey of India on the ancient cedar groves of Himachal Pradesh
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
Sukhna Lake Monarch at Chandigarh Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh’s main reservoir, is graced by one of the city’s largest trees, a peepal which shades the walking track around the sometimes-dry waterbody
Vasugi Nag Narayani Cedar One of the wonderful ancient cedar trees at a sacred grove near Kullu Valley
Naggar Climbing Cedar At the Forest Rest House in Naggar, a mature cedar tree makes for a great introduction to climbing the deodars
Hadimba Grove Magnificent Cedars The largest and most notable of the giant cedar trees of the ancient Hadimba grove in the center of Manali
Highest Cricket Pitch Historical Tree At a military training school in the town of Chail, this old dead tree, with crumbling treehouse, can be found in the corner of the world’s highest official cricket pitch