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western redcedar

Thuja plicata

Description 10

  • Needles are scale-like and appressed to twig. Green above with a white butterfly pattern below.
  • Fruits are small, woody cones about 1/2" long; grow upright on twig. Shaped like tiny rose buds or the bowl of a smoker's pipe.
  • Bark is thin, reddish-brown, and stringy.

Summary 11

Thuja plicata, commonly called western or Pacific redcedar, giant or western arborvitae, giant cedar, or shinglewood, is a species of Thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae native to western North America. It is not a true cedar of the genus Cedrus.

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  1. (c) Nicholas Sly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nicholas Sly
  2. (c) Hannah Aclufi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Hannah Aclufi
  3. (c) Rick Mandel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rick Mandel
  4. (c) W.Coyote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by W.Coyote
  5. Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thuja_plicata,_Mount_Auburn_Cemetery.JPG
  6. Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thuja_plicata_(Trondheim).jpg
  7. (c) Walter Siegmund, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thuja_plicata_43569.JPG
  8. (c) Photo by David J. Stang, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thuja_plicata_4zz.jpg
  9. (c) Walter Siegmund, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thuja_plicata_7484.jpg
  10. (c) W.Coyote, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  11. Adapted by W.Coyote from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuja_plicata

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