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Widdringtonia cedarbergensis
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Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, Clanwilliam cedar or Clanwilliam cypress, previously 2013 to 2023 Widdringtonia wallichii is a species of Widdringtonia 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 of 1998.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Widdringtonia cedarbergensis
- Slug
- widdringtonia-cedarbergensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Widdringtonia
- Species
- cedarbergensis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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