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The deodar is the national tree of Pakistan, [30] and the state tree of Himachal Pradesh, India. Under the Deodars was an 1889 short story collection by Rudyard Kipling . [ 31 ]
This species of tree is used industrially for lumber and its oils in its native part of the world. Afghanistan, Pakistan and India have overlogged this tree and are starting to pose a serious threat to its native environment. [5] There have been recent reports of Phytophthora cinnamomi affecting deodar cedars in the Himalayan regions. [6]
This huge pine forest stretches for 3000 km across the lower elevations of the great Himalaya range for almost its entire length including parts of Pakistan's Punjab Province in the west through Azad Kashmir, the northern Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan, which is the eastern extent of the pine forest.
Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation Ltd. (HPMC) is a state body that markets fresh and processed fruits. [33] Himachal Pradesh has around 463 birds, and Tragopan melanocephalus is the state bird of Himanchal Pradesh [34] 77 mammalian, 44 reptile and 80 fish species.
List of Indian state trees (Union territories) Union territory Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman redwood: Pterocarpus dalbergioides: Chandigarh: Mango [9] Mangifera indica: Delhi: Flamboyant [10] Delonix regia: Jammu and Kashmir: Chinar [11] Platanus orientalis: Ladakh: Juniper [11] Juniperus ...
State flower of Himachal Pradesh. In the language of flowers, the rhododendron symbolizes danger and to beware. [94] Rhododendron arboreum (lali guransh) is the national flower of Nepal. R. ponticum is the state flower of Indian-administered Kashmir and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Rhododendron niveum is the state tree of Sikkim in India.
Pinus roxburghii trees in Murree, Pakistan P. roxburghii forest in Uttarakhand, India. The native range extends from Tibet in China and Afghanistan through Pakistan, across northern India (in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal and Bhutan, to Myanmar.
List of Indian state flowers State Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andhra Pradesh: Jasmine: Jasminum officinale [5] Arunachal Pradesh: Foxtail orchid: Rhynchostylis retusa [6] Assam: Bihar: Kachnar: Bauhinia variegata [7] Goa: Red jasmine: Plumeria rubra: Gujarat: Marigold: Tagetes erecta: Haryana: Lotus: Nelumbo nucifera: Himachal ...