Common
Name: Cedar of Lebanon
Latin
Name: Cedrus Libani
Type:
Evergreen
Location:
Plattfield Park
Ultimate
height: 40m
Ultimate
spread: 8m+
Located
Cedrus Libani height: 25m
Leaf
Shape: Needle like linear shaped green in colour. Clusters on short shoots,
leaves usually up to 3cm in length.
Bark:
Mousy brown, sometimes appearing greyish in colour. Developing into darker
shade of brown and becomes fissured and ridged with maturity.
Preferred
soil type: Well-drained chalk, clay, sand or loam.
Fruit/Flowers:
Males cones being ovoid shaped generally 7.5cm in length, grey/blue in colour.
Female cones ovoid and solid, generally 12cm in length, Ripening from
purple/green to brown in colour.
Distribution:
Native to East Mediterranean
This
particular Cedrus
Libani is located at the boundary of a large city park. It
stands fairly distanced from other shrubs and trees. Judging from its height
and the fissures in the bark, this particular Cedrus Libani is quite mature. The ground
conditions were dry and slightly dense. I took a sample of lower level soil and
carried out soil pH tests which read to have a pH of
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| My illustration of the Cedrus Libani |
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