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The northwestern Himalayan region of India is endowed with rich floral diversity and natural species variation, especially in trees such as fir and spruce. In 2019, forest surveys conducted at Har-ke-Dun valley of Govind National Park (GNP), Uttarakhand, India, revealed an interesting observation of survivability and adaptability of cedar (Cedrus deodara, viz. deodar) on Picea smithiana which was recorded (Figure 1). Perhaps, the evolutionary and ecological forces describe it as a natural disjunction. The surveyed forest area is on a steep slope (65°) dominated by cedar and P. smithiana (geospatial data: lat. 31°05′58.4″; long. 78°17′31.0″ and altitude 2240 m amsl). Picea smithiana is a long tree of 20 m height and 0.65 m diameter at breast height (DBH).
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