The wood of the Abydos boats was local Tamarix - tamarisk, salt cedar - not cedar from Lebanon which was used for Khufu’s Solar Barque and favored for shipbuilding in Egypt in later dynasties.
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Tamarix – tamarisk, salt cedar was used to build boats such as the Abydos Boats.