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Clanwilliam Blast from
the past
cedar
The Clanwilliam cedar
His majesty is from a group of four

I am a tall, straight, evergreen tree, and have cypresses that live
a very charismatic presence in my home. As in Africa, belonging
a grown-up tree, I have a massive trunk and to the large family
spreading branches. Considering I live in a low- Cupressaceae, which has
rainfall area, I have deep, long roots spreading been on the earth since the
deep into the soil to reach groundwater. time of the dinosaurs.

Bio Height: up to 25 m

I am from the Cypress
pine family of South
Africa, and I live there

in the Cederberg
Mountains. My name is

Clanwilliam cedar.

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