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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Habitat. 



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WESTERN EED CEDAR. CANOE CEDAR. GIANT ARBORVITAE. 

 Thuja plicata D. Don. Thuya gigantea Nuttall. 



Thuya or Thuja, the classical Greek name; plicata refers to the folded 

 leaves; gigantea refers to the gigantic size of the tree. 



Habitat: (See map); 



best in Puget Sound re 

 gion. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 100'-200'> 

 diameter, 2'-10', even 15' ; 

 trunk has immense but- 

 tresses, often 16' in di- 

 ameter, then tapers \ 

 branches, horizontal } 



short, making a dense 

 conical tree; bark, bright 

 cinnamon red, shallow 

 fissures, broad ridges, 

 peeling into long, nar- 

 row, stringy scales , 

 leaves, very small, over- 

 lapping in 4 ranks, on 

 older twigs, sharper and 

 more remote; cones, ^" 

 long, small, erect. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, dull brown or red. 

 thin sap-wood nearly 

 white ; non-porous ; rings, 



Leaf. 



