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Alone on the edge of lawn next to Suzzallo Library's tower, is a landmark
evergreen, with a massive, pillar-upright trunk, from which arch forth
irregular boughs laden with short, sharp tufted needles and avocado-sized
cones. It is relatively rare to see such Atlas cedars, since people
usually plant powder blue varieties of the species. This tree derives
its name from the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco. It's closely
related to Deodar cedar and cedar of Lebanon. The wood of all
three kinds is
comparatively spidery, with remarkably "reaching" limbs giving it an
open, jagged silhouette.
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![[Atlas Cedar]](/home/treetour/graphics/acedar.jpeg)
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Tree Tour