5 Austrocedrus chilensis Bonsai Seeds - Chilean Cedar, Chilean Incense Cedar

Austrocedrus chilensis Bonsai Seeds

Common Names: Chilean Cedar, Chilean Incense Cedar

Austrocedrus chilensis is a very beautiful and endangered Chilean tree species. Austrocedrus is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, Austrocedrus chilensis, native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and the adjacent drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and western Argentina. It is a slow-growing, narrowly conical evergreen tree which grows from 10–24 m in height, with scale-like leaves arranged in decussate pairs. The leaves are unequal in size, with pairs of larger (4–8 mm) leaves alternating with pairs of smaller (2–3 mm) leaves, giving a flattened shoot. Each leaf has a prominent white stomatal stripe along the outer edge. The cones are 5–10 mm long, with four scales, two very small sterile basal scales and two large fertile scales; each fertile scale has two winged seeds 3–4 mm long. Once it has been established, it is a very hardy plant which can withstand freezing, snow, dry spells. It is not a fast grower. It is ideally suited for bonsai.

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