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Common Name: Atlas Cedar
Family: Pinacae
Entry Author: C. Westring
Description: Evergreen needle conifer; Crown pyramidal, with few branches
Needles: Silvery bluish or green, usually not longer than 2.5 cm
Cones: Cylindrical, with level or concave top, 5-7 cm long, up to 4 cm wide, glossy, light brown
Bark: Gray and smooth for 20-30 years, eventually developing a plate-like pattern
Branching Pattern: Strongly ascending and relatively short; leading shoot erect and bent at the tip
Height: 40 meters high, 2 meters wide
Conditions/Habitat/Kind of Forest: Prefers moist, deep soils, but tolerant of dry, sandy soils; Full sun is best
Range: Morocco and Algeria: the Atlas and Riff Mountains
Zone: 6 and protected parts of 5
Conservation Status-US/ World Wide: Not threatened
Uses (Human): Ornamental use in parks and avenues; used for furniture
References:
Gymnosperm Database, University of Bonn
http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/pi/ce/atlantica.htm
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=42303
UConn Plant Database
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/c/cedatl/cedatl1.html
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