Common name: Himalayan cedar
Family name: Pinaceae
- droopier needles, about 4 cm in length
- needles are slightly glaucous
- cone is 10 cm in length and broadly ovoid
- likes full sun
- likes well drained soils
- takes about 25-50 years to reach full mature growth
- leaves arranged spirally on young shoots and in whorls on short side shoots
- the longer needle helps to direct away the moisture
- tip droops as well
- tufted needles (characteristic of all cedrus)
- evergreen tree
- coniferous
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