Thuja plicata - Wikipedia
Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar in the U.S. [2] or western red cedar in the UK, [3] and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood. [4]
Thuja plicata - Landscape Plants | Oregon State University
Thuja plicata is the Provincial Tree of British Columbia; Western Red Cedar has been called the "corner stone of northwest coast Indian culture". Its wood is easily split and rot resistant and was used to make important cultural items including, dugout canoes, paddles, house planks, baskets, spears, arrow shafts, and many other implements.
Western Red Cedar, Thuja plicata - Native Plants PNW
Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don. (THOO-yuh ply-KAY-tuh) Names: Western Red Cedar is also known as Giant Arborvitae. Arborvitae literally means “tree of life.” Plicata means plaited or folded like a fan; referring to how the leaves are folded and compressed next to the tree’s branchlets.
Thuja plicata - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Western redcedar is a woody, needled evergreen tree in the cypress family (Cupressaceae) native to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The species epithet, plicata, is Latin for “braided” and references the positioning and folding of the leaves relative to one another.
Thuja plicata - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Thuja plicata, commonly called western red cedar or giant red cedar, is native to the Pacific Northwest where it is typically found in cool but moist forest areas and bottomlands from southern Alaska along the Pacific coast to northern California and in the northern Rockies from British Columbia to Montana. This is the largest tree in the ...
Thuja plicata (western redcedar) description - conifers.org
2024年11月27日 · Description of the evolution, biology, distribution, ecology, and uses of Thuja plicata (western redcedar).
Western red cedar | Description & Facts | Britannica
Western red cedar, (Thuja plicata), an ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to the Pacific coast of North America.
Thuja plicata - Western red-cedar - Portland State University
It is light, soft, weak, and brittle, but is rot-resistant for natural fungicide. It is also prized today for shingles, shakes, and boards for untreated exterior siding. This species is commonly used as an ornamental. Cooke, S. S., ed. 1997. A Field Guide to the Common Wetland Plants of Western Washington & Northwest Oregon.
Thuja plicata - WNPS
A large evergreen conifer with branches that droop then grow upwards (J-shaped) and broad crows which grows in moist or swampy areas. At a glance Plant Type: Tree. Distribution: Thuja plicata gro
Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don Plant Symbol = THPL Contributed by: USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center & the Biota of North America Program Alternate Names Giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, giant red-cedar, Pacific red-cedar, shinglewood, canoe cedar Uses Industry: The wood of western red cedar is primarily