Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Cedrus > Cedrus deodaraCedrus deodara (Deodar cedar; Himalayan cedar)Synonyms: Abies deodara (homotypic); Cedrus deodara f. argentea; Cedrus deodara f. aurea; Cedrus deodara f. pendula; Cedrus deodara f. robusta; Cedrus deodara var. argentea; Cedrus deodara var. aurea; Cedrus deodara var. compacta; Cedrus deodara var. fastigiata; Cedrus deodara var. flava; Cedrus deodara var. robusta; Cedrus deodara var. tristis; Cedrus deodara var. variegata; Cedrus deodara var. viridis; Cedrus devdara; Cedrus indica; Cedrus libani deodara; Cedrus libani deodora (homotypic); Cedrus libani var. deodara; Larix deodara (homotypic); Pinus deodara (homotypic); Pinus deodara var. robusta Language: Chi; Dut; Fre; Ger; Hin; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Por; Rus; Spa Cedrus deodara (deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, or deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru; Sanskrit देवदारु devadāru, Hindi: देवदार devadār, दारूक dāruk; Urdu: ديودار/ دیار deodār; Kannada:ದೇವಧಾರ Chinese: 雪松 xuě sōng) is a species of cedar native to the western Himalayas in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan (especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and India (Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Darjeeling and Uttarakhand states), southwesternmost Tibet in (China) and western Nepal, occurring at 1,500–3,200 m (4,921–10,499 ft) altitude. It is a large evergreen coniferous tree reaching 40–50 m (131–164 ft) tall, exceptionally 60 m (197 ft) with a trunk up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter. It has a conic crown with level branches and drooping branchlets. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low | | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium-Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | | Shade Percentage [1] | 91 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-High | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-High |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Late Summer | | Drought Tolerance [2] | High | | Fire Tolerance [2] | None | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 5 months 10 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Spring | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring | | Growth Rate [2] | Rapid | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 20 inches (51 cm) | | Scent [3] | The whole plant is aromatic. | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 3600 / lb (7937 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.47 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | A fairly wind-tolerant tree, it can be used in shelterbelt plantings;
Wood - moderately hard, durable, aromatic, fine and even grained. Resistant to termites, it is used for construction, furniture, boats etc; A valuable timber, but a poor fuel, producing a lot of smoke as it burns; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Green | | Foliage Color [2] | Dark Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Green | | | Fruit Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Height [3] | 108 feet (33 m) | | Width [3] | 33 feet (10 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Chave 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. ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 7New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ database♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 9del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. |
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
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