Lebanon Cedar: Evergreen Coniferous Tree
Published by Lebanon Cedar is a part of the forest in cedars of god. It is important for various civilizations. It is planted as ornamental tree in parks and avenues.
In Lebanon, these trees were belongs to Mediterranean region. It is an evergreen coniferous tree grows up to 40 m tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m) diameter. The leaves are needle-like, spaced out on the long shoots, and in clusters of 15-45 on the short shoots, they are 5-30 mm in length, quadrangular in cross-section.
Lebanon Cedar
The shoots are like dimorphic and they are known as long and short shoots. The leaves are in green color and vary from glaucous blue-green with stomatal bands on all four sides.
Lebanon Cedar forest
The trees were used to build the military ships, houses and temples by ancient Phoenicians. Isaiah used the Lebanon Cedar as a metaphor for the pride of the world. The Egyptians used its resin for mummification.
It has special significance that has been national emblem of Lebanon. It is also the main symbol of the Cedar Revolution. The forest of the Cedars of God in BSharri and the Barouk forest are national reserves in Lebanon.
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On September 19, 2008 at 8:14 am
Terrific pictures!
On September 19, 2008 at 12:15 pm
i have heard a lot about these tress…and simply love their giant features!!
On September 20, 2008 at 5:46 am
Simply, “Nature is Beautiful. I do not have words to describe the beauty.”
Keep up the great work!
On September 20, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Spectacular pictures, I love them
On September 26, 2008 at 9:02 pm
hey pals, thanks for reading and commenting…
On April 18, 2009 at 9:58 pm
great! Proud to be a Lebanese
On September 10, 2009 at 9:56 pm
i went there they are amazing there are a bunch of trees carved into jesus
On September 10, 2009 at 9:57 pm
proud to be lebanese too