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WESTERN RED
CEDAR
thuja plicata
- Other
common names for the Western Red Cedar: Giant
Arbor-Vitae, Canoe-cedar, Pacific Red-cedar,
Shinglewood
- The
Western Red Cedar is British Columbia's official
tree
- Western
Red Cedar can be referred to as 'arbor-vitae'
or "tree of life"
UNIQUE
FEATURES:
- Western
Red Cedar has drooping branches that turn
up at tip
- Trunk
spreading out at the base
- Western
Red Cedar has large number of cones bent backward
along the branches
LOCATION:
- Western
Red Cedar grows in low to mid elevations
- Western
Red Cedar is found on the coast and wet belt
of the Interior
- In
cool, mild, moist locations
- Western
Red Cedar can grow in shaded areas with lots
of nutrients
SIZE:
- Western
Red Cedar grows up to 60 metres tall
CONES:
- seed
cones: egg shaped
- 1
cm long with several pairs of scales
- pollen
cones: small, reddish
NEEDLES/LEAVES:
- are
scale-like
- lie
in pairs
- overlapping
like shingles
- very
strong aroma
BARK:
- grey
- stringy
- tearing off in long strips
WOOD
CHARACTERISTICS:
- resistant
to decay and insect damage
- wood
can remain sound for over 100 years
USES:
- modern
- house siding, interior paneling, outdoor
furniture, decking, fencing, roof shakes
- traditional
- wood: canoes, totem poles, longhouses, household
boxes, tools, paddles; pounded fibres: mats,
clothing, baskets, nets, fishing lines; medicines,
religious masks
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