Deodar trees with melting snow, Manali

Winter snow melting off deodar trees in Old Manali town, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Cedrus deodara is a species of cedar native to the western Himalayas in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, north-central India (Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal, occurring at 1500--3200 m altitude. It is a large evergreen coniferous tree reaching 40--50 m tall, exceptionally 60 m, with a trunk up to 3 m diameter. It has a conic crown with level branches and drooping branchlets.

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