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Key to Conifers
Cedrus - Cedar
Trees with dimorphic branches; needle leaves scattered
on young growth of long shoots near branch tips or clustered/tufted
on short shoots (spur shoots) of older branches; seed cones held
erect on branches, shatter at maturity.
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Cedrus deodara - pollen strobili
(photographed at University of Richmond)
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Cedrus deodara - ovulate cone at pollination
stage (October)
(photographed at University of Richmond)
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Cedrus libanii ssp. atlantica 'Glauca'
- mature seed cone
(photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond,
Virginia)
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Cedrus libanii ssp. atlantica 'Glauca'
- mature ovulate cones
(photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond,
Virginia)