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Cedrus deodara in Ayubia National Park, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Among Hindus, as the etymology of deodar suggests, it is worshiped as a divine tree. Deva, the first half of the Sanskrit term, means divine, deity, or deus. Dāru, the second part, is cognate with (related to) the words durum, druid, tree, and true. [24] [self-published source?
The native forests of the deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara) are located in the Himalayas, from Nepal through Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.This range is mostly dominated by Cedrus deodara; other species include Quercus ilex, Juglans regia, Taxus wallichiana, Picea smithiana, Abies pindrow, Pinus giardiana, Pinus wallichiana.
Cedrus, with the common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae). They are native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes of 1,500–3,200 m (4,900–10,500 ft) in the Himalayas and 1,000–2,200 m (3,300–7,200 ft) in the Mediterranean.
Cedrus, common English name cedar, a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae Cedrus libani, the Lebanon cedar, native to Lebanon, western Syria and south-central Turkey; Cedrus atlantica, the Atlas cedar, native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria; Cedrus deodara, the Deodar cedar, native to the western Himalayas
Cedrus deodara, tree species from India known for Christmas-tree shape; Deodar forests, where the above cedar abounds, in Western Himalayas from Gandak river in central Nepal to the Hindukush range in Afghanistan
Cedrus libani. The cedarwood oil of the ancients, in particular the Sumerians and Egyptians, was derived from the Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani), a true cedar native to the northern and western mountains of the Middle East. The once-mighty Cedar of Lebanon forests of antiquity have been almost entirely eradicated, and today no commercial oil ...
Because of the park's high altitude and extreme temperatures, the vegetation density is sparse, consisting mostly of alpine trees and groves of Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara). In summer, birds such as the Himalayan snowcock, chukar partridge, snow partridge, finches and choughs flourish in the park.
Cedrus: true cedars; Cedrus atlantica: Atlas cedar Pinaceae (pine family) Cedrus brevifolia: Cyprus cedar Pinaceae (pine family) Cedrus deodara: deodar cedar Pinaceae (pine family) Cedrus libani: cedar of Lebanon; Lebanon cedar Pinaceae (pine family) Keteleeria: keteleerias; Keteleeria davidiana: David's keteleeria Pinaceae (pine family ...