Thanks for the post to clarify the identification.
tanay

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:

> Abies pindrow from Kashmir, growing at higher altitudes, extending to the
> tree line. The trees are very tall, conical cown and leaves somewhat
> distichous, flattened, with two silvery lines beneath, hence the name silver
> fir. Photographed from Gulmarg on June 20, 2010
>
> English: himalayan silver fir
> Kashmir: Badar, tung, drewar
> Kumaon: Rogha, rao-ragha, rausla
> Kunawar: Span, krok
> Jaunsar: Morinda
>
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