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Cedrus atlantica (Atlas Deodar; Atlas cedar)

Synonyms:
Language: Chi; Dut; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Por; Rus; Spa

Wikipedia Abstract

Cedrus atlantica, the Atlas cedar, is a cedar native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco (Middle Atlas, High Atlas), to the Rif, and to the Tell Atlas in Algeria. A majority of the modern sources treat it as a distinct species Cedrus atlantica, but some sources consider it a subspecies of Lebanon cedar (C. libani subsp. atlantica).
View Wikipedia Record: Cedrus atlantica

Infraspecies

Cedrus atlantica f. atlantica
Cedrus atlantica f. breviramulosa
Cedrus atlantica f. pectinata
Cedrus atlantica f. polycormosa

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cedrus atlantica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Scent [2]  The whole plant is aromatic.
Specific Gravity [3]  0.44
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  An essential oil obtained from the distilled branches is used in perfumery, notably in jasmine-scented soaps; The essential oil also repels insects; Plants can be grown as a tall hedge; Wood - fragrant and durable; It is prized for joinery and veneer and is also used in construction; It is also used for making insect-repellent articles for storing textiles;
Height [2]  82 feet (25 m)
Width [2]  33 feet (10 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Consumers

Mutual (symbiont) 
Saproamanita singeri[8]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0