Calocedrus decurrens, with the common names incense cedar[3] and California incense cedar[4] (syn. Libocedrus decurrens Torr.), is a species of coniferous tree native to western North America. It is the most widely known species in the genus, and is often simply called incense cedar without the regional qualifier. [5][6][7]

As a Northwest native, incense cedar grows from the tip of southern California all the way up to the Canadian border, but does best in the Cascade Mountains. It is prized for its tall majestic, and narrow shaped form.

Incense-cedar is a native tree in montane forests from Oregon south through California to northern Baja California, Mexico and east to western Nevada [58,64,96,97,103,208]. In Oregon, it extends from the southeastern slopes of Mt Hood east into central Oregon and south along the Cascade Range [ 7 ].

Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens is a medium sized tree eighty to one hundred twenty feet high (Preston 1989). The leaves are small, scale-like, oblong-ovate, in whorls of four, decurrent, and closely adnate on the branchlets and aromatic when crushed.

2020年1月19日 · Not only is this tree smog tolerant, it’s also drought tolerant, heat tolerant, adaptable to a wide range of soils including poor soil, deer resistant, and virtually pest-free, but it’s also beautiful, keeping a California montane characteristic in our home landscapes.

Male and female cones form on this tree. Shiny, dark green foliage in flattened, vertical sprays holds its color in winter. The exfoliating, scaly bark provides winter interest.

2023年10月3日 · The Incense Cedar Tree, scientifically known as Calocedrus decurrens, has etched its story across the landscapes of western North America for centuries. Steeped in history, this majestic evergreen holds cultural significance and practical value that has stood the test of …

Calocedrus — commonly called Incense Cedar–is a dense, symmetrical tree with a narrow, pyramidal corwn. It has rich green foliage in flat sprays and reddish-brown bark. It has scalelike leaves in whorls of four. Calocedrus is an adaptable tree that is …

Incense cedar, (species Calocedrus decurrens), ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae). It is native primarily to the western slopes of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges of North America, at altitudes of …

Calocedrus decurrens, the California incense cedar, is a popular ornamental tree, grown particularly in locations with cool summer climates like Britain, Washington and British Columbia. Its very narrow columnar crown in landscape settings, an unexplained consequence of the climatic conditions in these areas, is not shown by trees in their ...