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Encyclopedia > Valley of Flowers
Valley of Flowers National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location: Uttaranchal, India
Nearest city: Rishikesh, India
Coordinates: 30°44′0″N, 79°38′0″E
Area: 87.50 km²
Established: 1982
Governing body: Forest Department, Uttaranchal

Valley of flowers is the name of the Himalayan area in Uttaranchal, India. In 1931 the English mountaineer Frank Smythe stumbled across the Bhyundar Valley, an 8 km long glacier corridor in Chamoli Garhwal. This area, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and carpeted with over 500 species of flowers, soon became a protected site. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Image File history File links India-locator-map-blank. ... Uttaranchal   (Hindi: उत्तरांचल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... Rishikesh (also spelt Hrishikesh, another name for Lord Vishnu), in the state of Uttaranchal, is a holy city for Hindus located in the foothills of the Himalaya in northern India. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Uttaranchal   (Hindi: उत्तरांचल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... Uttaranchal   (Hindi: उत्तरांचल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Frank Smythe was a professional British mountaineer, known for his discovery of the Valley of Flowers in the Himalayas, now in the state of Uttaranchal, India. ... A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... Chamoli is a district of Uttaranchal state of India. ... Garhwal, or Gurwal, is a region and administrative division of Uttaranchal state, India, lying in the Himalayas. ...


It was declared a national park in 1982. The Valley of Flowers stretches over an expanse of 87.50 km². This part of Uttaranchal, in the upper reaches of Garhwal, is inaccessible through much of the year. The area lies on the Zanskar range of the Himalayas with the highest point in the national park being Gauri Parbat at 6,719 m above sea level. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Zanskar is a region in the Kargil district, part of the north-west Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. ...


Flowers mostly orchids, poppies, primulas, calendulas, daisies and anemones carpet the ground. Alpine forests of birch and rhododendron cover a part of the area, and are home to tahr, snow leopard, musk deer, red fox, common langur, bharal, serow, Himalayan black bear and a huge variety of butterflies. Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Papaver rhoeas Poppy at High Wood cemetery, France. ... Species About 20, see text : also numerous garden hybrids and cultivars The marigolds, genus Calendula L., are a genus of about 20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region and Macaronesia. ... Daisy is the common name of several different genera and species in the flowering plants family Asteraceae: Common Daisy Bellis species, particularly Bellis perennis. ... Pages in category Alpine flora There are 2 pages in this section of this category. ... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Subgenera Azaleastrum Candidastrum Hymenanthes Mumeazalea Pentanthera (Azaleas) Rhododendron Therorhodion Tsutsusi (Azaleas) Vireya Source: RBG, Edinburgh Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, rose; dendron, tree) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. ... Binomial name Uncia uncia (Schreber, 1775) Synonyms Panthera unica The snow leopard (Uncia uncia [1][2] or Panthera uncia [3][4][5][6]), also known in some instances as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of central Asia. ... The four species of musk deer make up the family Moschidae. ... Binomial name Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Vulpes fulva, Vulpes fulvus The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most familiar of the foxes. ... The common langur are langurs found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar (Burma). ... Binomial name Pseudois nayaur Hodgson, 1833 The bharal or Himalayan blue sheep is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, and Jammu and Kashmir. ... The Himalayan Black Bear pictured here in the Gangtok zoo. ...


There is no settlement in the national park and grazing in the area has been banned. The park is open only in summers between June and October, being covered by heavy snow during the rest of the year.

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Various species of flowers in the National Park

No. Name of Flowers Time of flowering
1. Rododendron arboreum Feb-June
2. Primula denticuleta Apr-July
3. Iris kemaonensis June-July
4. Fritillaria roylei June-July
5. Lilium oxypetalum June-July
6. Arisaema costautum June-July
7. Thermopsisa barbata June-July
8. Rosa macrophylla June-July
9. Caltha palustris June-July
10. Fragaria nubicola May-July
11. Saxifraga roylei July-Aug
12. Anemone obtusiloba June-Aug
13. Cypripedium himalaicum June-Aug
14. Rheum australe July-Aug
15. Phlomis oracteosa June-Aug
16. Hackelia uncinata June-Aug
17. Senecio jacquemotiamus Aug-Sep
18. Ligularia amplexicaulis July-Aug
19. Morina longifolia July-Sep
20. Geum elatum July-Aug
21. Geranium wallichianum July-Aug
22. Impatiense sulcata July-Aug
23. Meconopsis aculeata July-Aug
24. Delphenium roylei July-Aug
25. Aconitum hookeri Aug-Sep
26. Thalictrum reniforme July-Sep
27. Potentilla atrosanguinea July-Sep
28. Sedum swersii Aug-Sep
29. Dactylorhiza hatagirea June-July
30. Bistorta affinis Aug-Sep
31. Stachys sericee Aug-Sep
32. Nepeta connata Aug-Sep
33. Pedicularis hoffmeistri July-Aug
34. Swertia hookeri Aug-Sep
35. Gentiana ornata Aug-Sep
36. Gaultheria erichophy Aug-Sep
37. Codonopsis affinis Aug-Sep
38. Angelica cyelocarpa July-Sep
39. Leontopodium jacotianum July-Sep
40. Saussurea fastuosa July-Sep
41. Campanula latitotia Aug-Sep
42. Cyananthus lobotus Aug-Sep
43. Sassurea obvallata Aug-Sep
44. Cremanthodium ellisii July-Sep
45. Anaphalis triplineruts July-Sep
46. Inula grandiflora Aug-Sep
47. Aster albescens July-Sep
48. Selinium tenuifolium Aug-Sep
49. Heracleum pinnatum Aug-Sep
50. Epilobium latisperma Aug-Sep
51. Silene setisperma Aug-Sep
52. Arenaria griffithii Aug-Sep
53. Corydalis junecea Aug-Sep
54. Erigerono multiradiatus Aug-Sep
55. Polygonum molle Aug-Sep
56. Himalayan Blue Poppy July-Sep
57. Codonopsis viridis July-Aug
58. Origanus vulgare July-Aug
59. Hackelia uncinata July-Aug
60. Salvia hins/lanata July-Aug
61. Smilacina purpurea/oleracea June-July
62. Viola biflora June-Aug
63. Rhodiola heterodonta July-Aug
64. Epilohium latifolium July-Aug
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