Taiwan Incense Cedar
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| Calocedrus formosana (Florin) Florin |
The Taiwan Incense Cedar (Calocedrus formosana) is a conifer endemic to Taiwan.
It is very similar to Calocedrus macrolepis, and some botanists treat it as a variety of that, C. macrolepis var. formosana. It is a medium-size tree, growing to 25-30 m tall, and is rare in the wild, occurring only as scattered trees in mixed forests. The leaves are glaucous green on the upper side of the shoots, and conspicuously marked with bright white stomatal patches on the under side. The cones are 1.5-2 cm long, carried on a 1-1.5 cm stem.
