50,000 cedar trees a witness to Cyprus history

One of the rarest and emblematic trees of the Mediterranean, the Cyprus Cedar (Cedrus brevifolia) is a living witness to the natural and cultural history of the island, the forestry department’s Thomas Kyriacou said on Sunday.

The endemic species is “found mainly in the Cedar Valley and at the top of Tripylos, in the Paphos Forest, while there is also a significant cluster in Madari,” he said.

The total distribution of the species does not exceed 300 hectares, of which only 100 form pure forests.