Scientific Name:
Cedrus libani
Pronunciation:
SEE-druss LIB-an-ee
Common Name:
cedar of Lebanon
Family Name:
Pinaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Maturing flat-topped; needles on long shoots spirally arranged or in clusters of (20-)25-35(-40), linear 20-25 x 1-1.5mm, 4-sided; usually dark green, sometimes glaucous; pollen cones erect, 3-5cm long; seed cones erect, barrel-shaped, (5-)8-12(-15)cm long × 3-6cm wide, apex flat to slightly concave, scales broad, 3-3.5 long x 3.5-4cm wide, light green, ripening to purple then gray-brown purple, cone rachis persistent, narrowly conical; glabrous with orange-brown pubescent at base; seeds 10-14 x 4-6mm, wing 2-3cm long x 1-2cm wide. Conifers.org
Habit:
Dense, Open, Upright
Form:
Pyramidal - widely
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
15 - 22m
Mature Spread:
7 - 10m
Growth Rate:
Slow
Origin:
Central / west Asia (Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Rocky or gravelly or dry
Landscape Uses:
Container planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Tall background
Additional Info:
Google. Compare to blue atlas cedar (similar but with smaller cones). Dwarf cultivars shown may include C. 'Nana', and C. 'Sargentii' (weeping).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Needle-like
Arrangement:
Spiraled
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Glaucous
Colour in Summer:
Green-yellow
Shapes:
Acicular
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Yellow, Green, Brown
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
Aug, Sep
Fruit Type:
Cone (winged seeds)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Oct
Additional Info:
Showy
Bark Morphology:
Plated, Moderately fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Dark Grey, Brown, Black
Organ Modifications:
Ectomycorrhizae
Propagation:
Seed
Maintenance:
Medium
Other:
Needle and cone litter from older trees may become a bother
Pest Susceptibility:
Blight or needle cast (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed - removed from AGB in 2018