176 THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF WOOD. 



Incense Cedar, White Cedar. Libocedrus decurrens Torr. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Post Cedar, California Post California White Cedar 



Cedar (local). (local). 



Bastard Cedar, Red Cedar, Juniper (Nevada). 



Locality. 



California and Oregon. 



Features of Tree. 



Ninety to one hundred and twenty-five feet in height, occa- 

 sionally higher, three to six feet in diameter. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood brownish, sapwood lighter. Close-grained, compact 

 structure. Heartwood often pitted. Fragrant. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 

 Light, brittle, soft, durable. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 

 Flumes, shingles, interior finish. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



25. 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



1,200,000. 



Modulus of Rupture. 



960,000. 



Remarks. 



Subject to attack by fungus, causing the large oval pits in the 

 heartwood. Disease ceases upon the felling of trees, (von 

 Schrenk Contribution No. 14 Shaw School Botany, St. 

 Louis.) 



