Deodar mortality by Phytopthora cinnamomi.
Local sightseeing of Dalhousie includes visit to Panjipula, Subhash Baoli and
excursion to Khajjiar 24 km from Dalhousie surrounded by thick Deodar forest.
However, is a transverse section of a 704- year-old Deodar(Cedrus Deodara)
tree, which was felled in 1919 from the hills of U. P.
The town has a magnificent view of the
Greater Himalayas and everything around is delightfully green- Deodar, Himalayan oak and Rhododendron cover the hills.
A small picturesque
saucer-shaped plateau surrounded by dense pine and Deodar forests, is one of the 160 places
throughout the world to have been designated“Mini Switzerland”.
Deodar(Cedrus Deodara),
one of the most valuable and dominant conifer species of the North-western Himalaya at certain intervals gets affected by a defoliator, Ectropis Deodarae Prout,Lepidoptera:.
Pine forests occur between the altitude of 900-2000 metres, Deodar forests between 2000-3000 metres,
Fix and Spruce forests over 3000 metres and Kharshu, Birch and Junipers forests upto the height of 4000 metres.
According to another myth,
it is said that Goddess Parvati had transformed herself into 7 Deodar trees, in order to
provide shade to Lord Shiva and the Deodar trees of the region have been originated from these 7 trees.