Cedrus brevifolia

Elwes et Henry 1908

Common names

Cyprus cedar (Vidakovic 1991).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Cedrus libani var. brevifolia Hook. f. (Vidakovic 1991).

Description

"A medium-size tree. Crown on older specimens broad and umbrella-shaped. Branches short, horizontally spread. Needles 5-8 (12) mm long, thick, blue-green. Cones cylindrical, with a large protuberance in the concave apex, about 7 cm long and 4 cm wide" (Vidakovic 1991).

Distribution and Ecology

Cyprus: "the mountainous area of Pophos, Troodes and Tripylos, where it covers about 500 ha" (Vidakovic 1991). Hardy to Zone 6 (cold hardiness limit between -23.2°C and -17.8°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).

Big tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

Elwes, H.J. and A. Henry. 1908. The trees of Great Britain and Ireland III. Edinburgh: Privately printed (p.467). Available: Biodiversity Heritage Library, accessed 2012.11.25.

See also

Farjon (1990) provides a detailed account, with illustrations.