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.
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 ...
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 (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.
Western red cedar - The Oregon Encyclopedia
2014年5月1日 · Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) is one of the grand trees that grows in moister forests of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Theophrastus, a student of Aristotle’s, gave the name Thuja to a tree with fragrant, resinous wood. Plicata refers to the folded nature of the tree’s scale-like leaves.
thuja plicata english - US Forest Service Research and Development
Distribution: Western redcedar (Thuja plicata) grows in the Pacific Northwest and along the Pacific coast to Alaska. Western redcedar lumber is produced principally in Washington, followed by Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The tree has been planted in Great Britain and New Zealand.
Scientific name: Thuja plicata Pronunciation: THOO-yuh ply-KAY-tuh Common name(s): Giant Arborvitae, Giant-Cedar, Western Redcedar Family: Cupressaceae USDA hardiness zones: 6 through 8A (Fig. 2) Origin: native to North America Uses: hedge; recommended for buffer strips around parking lots or for median strip plantings in the