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India s first cryptogamic garden inaugurated in Dehradun ANI | Updated: Jul 11, 2021 12:42 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 11 (ANI): India s first cryptogamic garden was inaugurated in Deoban area of the Dehradun district in Uttarakhand on Sunday.
The garden is situated at an altitude of 9000 feet and is spread over an area of three acres. It has around 50 different species of cryptograms.
Cryptograms are those primitive plants which do not propagate through seeds and includes Algae, Mosses, Fern, Fungi and Lichens.
In an official statement, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Indian Forest Service (IFS), Chief Conservator of Forests (Research), said, It is India s first cryptogamic garden, established in view of ecological importance of these species and to create awareness among public about these important group of plants.