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Widdringtonia wallichii
Also called Mountain Cypress, Mountain Cape Cedar, Mountain Cedar, Widdringtonia, Wild Cedar
Widdringtonia wallichii, also called Cape Cypress or Mountain Cypress, is a small conifer tree native to the mountains of South Africa. It is a cool, dry-climate tree grown in gardens with good drainage and full sun.
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, the Clanwilliam cedar or Clanwilliam cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, native to South Africa, where it is endemic to the Cederberg Mountains northeast of Cape Town in Western Cape Province. Due to harsh weather conditions, like limited rainfall and frequent wildfires, growth is limited. Ring width almost correlates with rainfall due to such harsh environmental conditions It is threatened by habitat loss and protected in South Africa under the National Forest Act (Act 84) of 1998.
It is a small tree growing to 5–7 m (rarely to 20 m) tall. The leaves are scale-like, 1.5 mm long and 1 mm broad on small shoots, up to 15 mm long on strong-growing shoots, and arranged in opposite decussate pairs. The cones are globose to rectangular, 2–3 cm long, with four scales.
Cape Cypress · Willowmore Cypress · Mulanje Cypress · African cypress
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