What is Cedrus libani?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Cedrus libani'' | image = Libanonzeder.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Lebanon Cedar in the [[Forest of the Cedars of God]]. | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Pinophyta]] | classis = [[Pinophyta|Pinopsida]] | ordo = [[Pinales]] | familia = [[Pinaceae]] | genus = ''[[Cedrus]]'' | species = '''''C. libani''''' | binomial = ''Cedrus libani'' | binomial_authority = [[A.Rich.]] }} [[File:Flag of Lebanon.svg|200px|right|thumb|The [[flag of Lebanon]] has the Lebanese cedar in the middle of it.]] '''''Cedrus libani''''', the '''cedar of Lebanon''' or the '''Lebanese cedar''' is a large coniferous tree of the ''cedrus'' genus, it is native to the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea]] from [[Lebanon]] to [[Turkey]]. The tree grows to a maximum height of 40m and 10m wide, with a trunk of 2.5m covered in thick, scaly, black, grey-brown bark. When young it is conical in shape but as it matures it becomes flatter on top and more open in structure. The pointed, needle-shaped leaves are [[Glaucous|glaucous-blue]] to dark green in colour, 4 sided and about 2.5&nbsp;cm long. The female cones are a dullish green when young, maturing to brown, 6–10&nbsp;cm long and barrel-shaped.<ref>The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Ed., Christopher Brickell, Dorling Kindersley, London, 1996. {{ISBN|0751304360}}. p. 241</ref> The Cedar of Lebanon has great landscaping value and is widely planted in park and large gardens. [[Image:Cèdre du Liban Barouk 2005.jpg|thumb|left|Lebanon Cedar in Barouk, Lebanon]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Conifers]]