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Re: Strip: cedar trees
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 8/1/2011, 4:29 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: cedar trees (Wes Ewell)

: My recollection from plant materials classes a half century ago is
: that the Eastern Red Cedar trees, which we have in abundance
: here on Cape Cod, are not cedars at all. They are actually a
: type of juniper known as juniperus virginiana. There wood is not
: only oily but also brittle. -Wes

What's funny is western redcedar (Thuja plicata) isn't a cedar either. It's related to cypress and is actually a giant arborvitae.

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Strip: cedar trees
Bill -- 7/29/2011, 10:03 am
Re: Strip: cedar trees
Bill Hamm -- 7/29/2011, 10:13 am
Re: Strip: cedar trees
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/29/2011, 10:59 am
Re: Strip: cedar trees
Bill -- 7/29/2011, 11:16 am
Re: Strip: cedar trees
Bill Hamm -- 7/29/2011, 1:24 pm
Re: Strip: cedar trees *PIC*
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 7/29/2011, 4:00 pm
Re: Strip: cedar trees
Wes Ewell -- 8/1/2011, 10:33 am
Re: Strip: cedar trees
Bill -- 8/1/2011, 10:45 am
Re: Strip: cedar trees
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/1/2011, 4:29 pm