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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = <ref name="IUCNiucn status 12 November 2021">{{Citecite iucn | author = Gardner, M. |date=2013 |title = ''Cedrus libani'' | volume= 2013 | page = e.T46191675A46192926 | year = 2013 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T46191675A46192926.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

| genus = Cedrus

| species = libani

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==Distribution and habitat==

[[File:Male cone of Cedar of Lebanon.JPG|200px|thumb|Male cone]]

''C. libani'' var. ''libani'' is endemic to elevated mountains around the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. The tree grows in well-drained calcareous [[Orthent|lithosols]] on rocky, north- and west-facing slopes and ridges and thrives in rich loam or a sandy clay in full sun.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cedrus+libani|title=Cedrus libani Cedar of Lebanon PFAF Plant Database|website=pfaf.org|publisher=Plants for a Future|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> Its natural habitat is characterized by warm, dry summers and cool, moist winters with an annual precipitation of {{Convert|1000|to|1500|mm|abbr=on}}; the trees are blanketed by a heavy snow cover at the higher altitudes.<ref name=":0"/> In Lebanon and Turkey, it occurs most abundantly at altitudes of {{Convert|1300|to|3000|m|abbr=on}}, where it forms pure [[forest]]s or mixed forests with Cilician fir (''[[Abies cilicica]]''), European black pine (''[[Pinus nigra]]''), Turkish pine (''[[Pinus brutia]]''), and several [[juniper]] species. In Turkey, it can occur as low as {{Convert|500|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name=":2">{{Citecite iucn |author=ConiferGardner, SpecialistM. Group|yeardate=1998|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42305/02013 |title=''Cedrus libani'' var. ''libani'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T42305A2970821 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42305A2970821.en |access-date=12 MayNovember 20062021}}</ref><ref name=":0"/>

''C. libani'' var. ''brevifolia'' grows in similar conditions on medium to high mountains in [[Cyprus]] from altitudes ranging from {{Convert|900|to|1525|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":0"/>