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Dehradun
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Ranikhet
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Rishikesh
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Darjeeling
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. In which state/UT, India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated? Notes: India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in Uttarakhand’s Ranikhet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Almora. The country’s largest open-air fernery was inaugurated at Ranikhet in Uttarakhand’s Almora district on 12 September 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ranikhet fernery The fernery has the largest collection of fern species, second to only Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram.
Detailed explanation-4: -Recently the country’s first naturally grown fernatum (conservation zone) has been created in the Kalika forest range in Ranikhet of Almora district.
Detailed explanation-5: -They have medicinal and edible purposes. Furthermore, the indicators of moisture, ferns, also clean the ecosystem and are good nitrogen fixating agents. They are also used to filter heavy metals from polluted waters and are a bioindicator for the health of an ecosystem.