Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Port-Orford-cedar
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Wood Technical Fact Sheet
(courtesy of Hardwoods of North America, Forest Products Lab, USFS)
Fire Effects On
(courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects)
From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
Species Documentation and Data
(The BEST conifer data on the Internet, Gymnosperm Database, Editor C. J. Earle)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American Coniferous Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Champion: 219' height, 39' spread, 451" circumf., Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon
National Register of Big Trees
Conifer Images
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Buy a Conifer Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)
Range Map
-The native range of Northern white-cedar, USFS.
Quick Stats
Common Names: Amerikansk vit-ceder, Atlantic white cedar, cedar, cedre blanc d'Amerique, cedro bianco, cedro bianco americano, cedro blanco americano, cipres blanco, cipresso bianco, coast white cedar, juniper, kogelcypres, post cedar, retinospora, southern white cedar, swamp cedar, swamp-cedar, swano white cedar, vit-cypress, white cedar, white chamaecyparis, white cypress
Habitat: found most frequently in small dense stands in fresh water swamps and bogs.
Description: Heavy cutting for many commercial uses during this century has considerably reduced even the largest stands so that the total volume of this species growing stock is not currently known.
Uses: cooperage, wooden household furniture, boat building, fencing and industrial millwork.
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