Chilean Cedar

Austrocedrus chilensis

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Botanical name
Austrocedrus chilensis
Also known as
Chilean Cedar, Chilean Incense-Cedar, Chilean-Cedar, Cordilleran Cypress
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Austrocedrus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Chilean Cedar

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Austrocedrus chilensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cupressus chilensis Cupressus thujoides Libocedrus chilensis Libocedrus chilensis var. argenteus Libocedrus excelsa Thuja andina Thuja chilensis Thuja cuneata

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