Cedar Tree

The Cedar Tree is an Excellent Tree for Bird Watchers. 

Cedar trees are excellent trees to help attract birds. Also, you can transplant it quickly, and it is a robust tree but considered to be weedy by gardeners. It can also handle droughts and heat efficiently. You are supposed to be slow to grow evergreen. It feels most soils well; however, it may only rise as significantly as a bush in poor soil. There are two different leaf types: Spreading needle leaves and sharp ones.

The Cedar Tree is a Coniferous Tree that Ranges in Color.

Cedar Trees are natives of the Mediterranean and the far west Himalayas. They have a pleasant smell due to their resinous wood. Cedars are coniferous trees that can grow up to sixty meters tall. They range in color due to the wax layer thickness on their needled leaves. They are medium to dark or bluish-green. Their wood is covered with thick, rough, and cracked bark.

Cedar Trees adapt to almost any climate.

However, some species of cedars are heartier and can live in temperatures a few degrees lower. The Cedar tree has cones that are like those of fir trees. The cones on a cedar tree take about a year to fully mature. Their limbs hang flat and wide with spiral clusters of evergreen-colored leaves.

The scientific name Cedrus is derived from the Latin word kédros. It is the exact derivation from which we get the word citron or citrus. Cedars are closely related to Juniper trees but not so close to the fir tree as initially thought. There are many other species of Cedar trees. These are all similar, yet from different world areas; Other species include Atlas, Cyprus, Deodar, Lebanon, and Turkish Cedar.

Cedar trees are used in horticulture. They're grown on tree farms and sold as decoration for the holidays. They're used to make cedar chests, although, in North America, Juniperus virginiana is used in their place. Juniperus virginiana is also known as the Red Cedar. Real Cedar trees are not native to North America. The foul-tasting resin from Cedarwood is used to repel moths from clothing. It is the origin of Cedar's chest. Cedar is also a fast-burning wood that emits sweet-smelling smoke.

USDA Climate Zones 2 through 9

Growth/Year: 13 to 24 inches

Soil Type: Fertile, sterile, thin, clay or rocky

Sun: Full to partial sun

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