Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_widdringtonia_schwarzii
Willowmore Cedar
Widdringtonia schwarzii
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About Willowmore Cedar
Willowmore Cedar (Widdringtonia schwarzii) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Endemic to the Baviaanskloof and Kouga Mountains in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, in rocky ravines and steep cliff habitats. A government forestry ledger records historical planting on Kauaʻi; current survival, naturalization, abundance, reproduction and ecological effects remain unconfirmed.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Widdringtonia schwarzii
- Common names
- Willowmore Cedar · Baviaanskloof cedar
- Other names
- Widdringtonia schwarzii · Willowmore cedar · Baviaanskloof cedar
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Current survival on Kauaʻi, numbers, occupied habitat, reproduction and ecological effects are unconfirmed; historical planting does not establish naturalization.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Male and female cones occur on the same plant. Woody seed cones can remain attached for nearly three years before broadly winged seeds are released. Native-range seed propagation is documented; Kauaʻi cone maturation, seed viability and recruitment are unknown.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Evergreen coniferous tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Willowmore Cedar (Widdringtonia schwarzii) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Endemic to the Baviaanskloof and Kouga Mountains in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, in rocky ravines and steep cliff habitats. A government forestry ledger records historical planting on Kauaʻi; current survival, naturalization, abundance, reproduction and ecological effects remain unconfirmed.