The Atlas Cedar originates from North Africa. In the distant past, it also lived in Europe in its native state. naturale. It tolerates cold very well and its trunk is more erect and slender than the Lebanese cedar. Its needles are bluish, its branches are crescent and shorter than those of other cedars; its bark is light gray and cracks as it ages; its cones are 6 cm long, with una small cavity in the center.