Libocedrus uvifera
| Libocedrus uvifera | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen | |
| Height: | 66' |
| Speed: | Slow |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Libocedrus uvifera
Propagation: Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing the seed in a cold greenhouse in late winter. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Cultivation: Requires a sheltered position in a good deep soil that is rich in humus[1].
Plants are hardy to about -20°c[2].
A slow-growing tree, it requires high humidity and protection from cold drying easterly winds[2]. It requires very constant high rainfall except in the slightly drier Argentinean part of its range[2].
Range: S. America - Argentina, Chile.
Habitat: Moist and boggy areas, especially near the sea, growing with Drimys and Nothofagus betuloides and not forming pure stands, from Tierra Del Fuego north to latitude 40°south[3][4].
Usage: The wood is said to act as a deterrent to insects[1].
Wood - hard, very durable, light. Used for construction, furniture, boats etc[5][6][4].
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
In Leaf: Evergreen
Seed Ripens: Early Fall-Mid Fall
Flower Type: Monoecious
Also Known As: Pilgerodendron uvifera.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Moore, David. Flora of Tierra del Fuego. Anthony Nelson, 1983.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Reiche, Karl. Flora de Chile.
- ↑ Uphof, Johannes. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim, 1959.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.