Canoe Cedar, Western Redcedar, Western Red Cedar
Thuja plicata
Several flattened sprays of leaves plus the narrow cones of western red cedar observed along the Crown Zellerbach Trail, northwest of Scappoose, Oregon.......January 21, 2019.
This photo 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.
The photo above shows a close-up of the cones of western red cedar as seen along the upper Klickitat River along the River Route Road in western Klickitat county........June 22, 2008.
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Several very large western red cedars growing along the Lewis River Trail #31, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........May 3, 2015. The trunk of the tree at center is at least 10' diameter at breast height.
Paul Slichter