| Scientific Name: | Cedrus libani |
| Common Name: | cedar of Lebanon |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Open, Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Glaucous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Green, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Oct |
| 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. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Cedrus_libani.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |