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Architectural Unit
Architectural unit of Cedrus atlantica represented by a diagram (above) and by a table (below) summing up the morphological characteristics of the categories of axes

Main stem Branches Branchlets Twigs Short axes
vertical
growth
direction		 horizontal to
slanted
growth
direction		 horizontal
growth
direction		 no precise
growth
direction		 no precise
growth
direction
indeterminate
growth		 long term
determinate
growth		 long term
determinate
growth		 medium term
determinate
growth		 short term
determinate
growth
rhythmic
immediate
and delayed
branching		 rhythmic
immediate
and delayed
branching		 rhythmic
immediate
and delayed
branching		 rhythmic
delayed
branching		 unbranched
no
reproductive
structure		 no
reproductive
structure		 no
reproductive
structure		 no
reproductive
structure		 terminal
male or female
cones
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