Austrocedrus chilensis (D. Don) Endl.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Austrocedrus chilensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/austrocedrus/austrocedrus-chilensis/). Accessed 2023-03-30.

Genus

Austrocedrus

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Austrocedrus chilensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/austrocedrus/austrocedrus-chilensis/). Accessed 2023-03-30.

A superb example of Austrocedrus chilensis, growing in a private area of Windsor Great Park, UK. September 2016. Image John Anderson.

Editorial Note: See Bean’s account of this species under Libocedrus chilensis.

Thuja chilensis D. Don; T. andina Poepp. & Endl.; Libocedrus chilensis (D. Don) Endl. See Volume II, page 565.

specimens: Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden, Wisley, Surrey, 58 × 31⁄2 + 31⁄4 + 23⁄4 ft (1981); Grayswood Hill, Surrey, 40 × 31⁄4 ft (1982); Borde Hill, Sussex, in Gores Wood, 42 × 23⁄4 ft (1981); Westonbirt, Glos., 42 × 21⁄4 ft (1980); Tatton Park, Ches., 42 × 21⁄4 ft (meas. by M. Frankis, 1983); Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 28 × 31⁄4 ft at 1 ft (1981).

Austrocedrus chilensis flourishing in an exposed spot at the Yorkshire Arboretum, UK. (March 2022). Image John Grimshaw.

Austrocedrus chilensis at Nymans, West Sussex, UK. August 2017. Image John Anderson.

A group of shapely Austrocedrus chilensis at Lovell Quinta Arboretum, Cheshire, January 2022. Image Kevin Pratt.

Bark of Austrocedrus chilensis at Lovell Quinta Arboretum, Cheshire, January 2022. Image Kevin Pratt.

Austrocedrus chilensis dripping in lichens in Laguna del Laja National Park, Region VIII (Biobío), Chile. February 2017. Image Tom Christian.

The flattened, scale-like foliage of Austrocedrus chilensis on a young plant of CGM 353 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Image Tom Christian.

Frondose, laterally spreading sprays on Austrocedrus chilensis from a plant at Arboretum Het Leen Eeklo, Belgium (10 February 2008). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Detail of the tiny frontal and large lateral scale-leaves with white stomatal bands underneath the foliage on Austrocedrus chilensis (Arboretum Het Leen Eeklo, Belgium – 10 February 2008). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Lower and upper side of ultimate branchlets comparaison on Austrocedrus chilensis (Arboretum Het Leen Eeklo, Belgium – 10 February 2008). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Austrocedrus chilensis seed cones superficially resemble those of Thuja. Bedgebury National Pinetum, Kent, UK. September 2017. Image John Anderson.