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Atlas cedar Cedrus Atlantica

Atlas cedar Cedrus Atlantica

                On noble aspect Atlas cedar is native to North Africa, he touve in Algeria ( Kabylia and Aures ) and especially in Morocco (via Atlas Rif and Eastern High Atlas) is a tree magestueuse and much more impressive than the other species can easily exceed 40m in height and the port though often presantant a tabular summit in adulthood is more slender look , his longevity is important
 
( Cedar Gouraud , an individual of the Middle Atlas is a tourist attraction in Morocco by the bizarre appearance of the port is in the process of dying at the age of 800 years )
 
                The Atlas cedar lives in mountainous areas and cedar forests develop between an altitude of 1500 and 2500 with a preference for the northern and western slopes much watered , it presents several different local varieties in size and appearance especially by the color Cedrus Atlantica Glauca a bluish color to turquoise being the finest and most picturesque . drought in recent years and especially rampant deforestation has substantially reduced its area of ​​distribution .
 
                ( The Atlas cedar , long disregarded was introduced for the first time in France by the nurseryman Sénéclauze in 1839 , he is the joy of public gardens and castles to its easy acclimatization and its imposing and graceful at the same time look ) .
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05/10/2013
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