My Photograph from the Morris Arboretum big trees tour. This tree is a blue atlas Cedar ( Cedrus Atlantica ).
The straight species is native to the Atlas Mountains of North Africa and is not a native of North America.
Layered branches with blue-green needles creates a picturesque landscape tree.
The tree has small finger shaped male cones on lower branches that pollinate attractive large beehive shaped female cones above.
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4 Comments
Later:
Okay, Philadelphia is actually currently mapped in USDA 7 – and the Morris Arboretum has a page up showing a different specimen – which unlike this one has the correct coloring and habit for Blue Atlas Cedar – growing there! So then the thing about the tree on this page is that is doesn’t look the part, does look like a Cedar-of-Lebanon.
Yes, its appreance is more like the Cedar-of-Lebanon, I will check the tag on the tree, Thanks again.
Dear Louis
I think regional location of planting and appearance of tree are likely to point to this actually being a Cedar-of-Lebanon.
Regards
Ron
Thank You Ron for the correction, I will visit the tree and make a correction after confirmation.