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Original source: Calocedrus decurrens Description: Incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, foliage and cones Viewpoint location: South end of Manzanita Safety Rest Area, Southbound Interstate 5, milepost 62.8, 6 miles north of en:Grants Pass, Oregon. Lat/Long: 42.5180°N, 123.3655°W (WGS84/NAD83) USGS Sexton Mountain Quad [1] Viewpoint elevation: 1260' View direction: North Date and time: 2005.10.22 11:56:56 PDT Camera: Canon PowerShot S110 Photographer: Walter Siegmund ©2005 Walter Siegmund
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California Incense-cedar

It is a large tree, typically reaching heights of 40-60 m and a trunk diameter of up to 3 m , and with a broad conic crown of spreading branches. The bark is orange-brown weathering grayish, smooth at first, becoming fissured and exfoliating in long strips on the lower trunk on old trees. The foliage is produced in flattened sprays with scale-like leaves 2–15 mm long; they are arranged in opposite decussate pairs, with the successive pairs closely then distantly spaced, so forming apparent whorls of four; the facial pairs are flat, with the lateral pairs folded over their bases. The leaves are bright green on both sides of the shoots with only inconspicuous stomata.

Calocedrus decurrens is a popular ornamental tree, grown particularly in cool summer climates like Britain and the Pacific Northwest of North America (Washington, British Columbia) for its very narrow columnar crown; this narrow crown is an unexplained consequence of the climatic conditions in these areas, and is not shown by trees in the wild. It is also valued for its drought tolerance. The Asian species are both very rare in cultivation. More

Calocedrus decurrens is tolerant of moderate intensity fire because of its thick bark (Little 1980). This species is listed as threatened in Mexico under NOM-ECOL-059-94. Big tree The Devil's Canyon Colossus: dbh 378 cm, height 50. More

Check availability of Calocedrus decurrens at the nursery Check availability of Calocedrus at the nursery Bay Natives Nursery - San Francisco www.baynatives. More

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