Western Redcedar, Western Red Cedar, Canoe Cedar
Thuja plicata
The photos above shows several flattened sprays
of western red cedar as seen along forest road #070 at the White Salmon River
on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........June 22, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of the undersurface
of several flattened, scale-like leaves of western red cedar. Note the "butterfly"
pattern of whitish stomata on the underside of the branches. Photographed along
Road #23 at the trailhead for the Riley Trail #66 on the western slopes of Mt.
Adams.........October 14, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of upper surface
of the scale-like leaves of western red cedar as seen along forest road #070
at the White Salmon River on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.......June
22, 2005. The leaves are in opposite, alternating pairs and lack a stomatal
bloom on their upper surface.
Paul Slichter