Atlas Cedar
Atlas Cedar - Cedrus atlantica
Rather conical in shape with a long trunk and widely spaced ascending branches. It has tufts of 30 to 45 blue-green needles with translucent points. The most common cultivar is Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca', known as the Blue Atlantic Cedar, with whitish-blue needles.
Cedar of Lebanon
Tip of tree erect or stiffly curved, not pendent; branches level or ascending. Leaves usually glaucous or blue/grey, but may be dark green; some cultivars have very blue leaves
Photograph of whole tree. It may not be possible to verify young specimens from photos
Usually found in parks and gardens as a planted tree.
All year round.
Evergreen.
Widespread as a planted tree in Britain.
Not well recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not included in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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