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Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière, 1855

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Atlas Cedar
  • 🇫🇷 Cèdre de l’Atlas

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Gymnosperms
  • Class: Pinopsida
  • Subclass : Pinidae
  • Order: Pinales
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Subfamily: Abietoideae
  • Tribe: Cedreae
  • Genus: Cedrus
  • Species: Cedrus atlantica

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
  • Red List (Global): EN Endangered

Notes

Possible confusion with C. libani A.Rich., 1823, whose current year’s shoots are glabrous, while those of C. atlantica are pubescent.

Photographs

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Cedrus atlantica
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Cedrus atlantica
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Cedrus atlantica - Leaves
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Cedrus atlantica - Bark
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Cedrus atlantica - Female cones

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