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Dhwaj Sacred Grove
Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand
India
Active but threatened
Single grove
- Location
- Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand
- Coordinates
- ~29.5°N 80.2°E
- Age / Founded
- Relict climax vegetation
- Status
- Active but threatened
- Deity & Religion
- Local deity (Dhwaj/Shiva); Hindu
- Community & Guardians
- Local Kumaoni/Central Himalayan villagers
- Vernacular name
- Dev bhumi / Devban
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Cultural/spiritual protection; 40 ethnomedicinal species
Plant species
81 species/67 genera/50 families (40 flowering, 23 lichens, 12 pteridophytes, 7 bryophytes, 1 gymnosperm); Rhododendron arboreum & Quercus leucotrichophora dominant
Biome & fauna
Temperate Himalayan forest
Threats & protection
High anthropogenic pressure, degradation
Source
Singh & Kumar 2020, Tropical Plant Research 7(3):553-564