Large evergreen coniferous trees, in Jammu

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Cedrus deodara is a species of cedar native to the western Himalayas in eastern Afghanistan, northern India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand), southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal, occurring at 1,500--3,200 m (4,921--10,499 ft) altitude. It is a large evergreen coniferous tree reaching 40--50 m (131--164 ft) tall,exceptionally 60 m (197 ft) with a trunk up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter. It has a conic crown with level branches and drooping branchlets. The leaves are needle-like, mostly 2.5--5 cm (0.98--2.0 in) long, occasionally up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long, slender (1 mm (0.039 in) thick), borne singly on long shoots, and in dense clusters of 20--30 on short shoots; they vary from bright green to glaucous blue-green in colour. The female cones are barrel-shaped, 7--13 cm