20 



BULLETIN 232, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) ranges through nearly the whole 

 region east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. 



There are no fewer than 10 closely related cedars, usually called 

 junipers, most of them being native to the Rocky Mountain region 

 and farther west. 



Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) , often called arborvitse, 

 is most abundant in the Lake States, but it extends to New England 

 and southward along the Appalachian Mountains to eastern Tennessee. 



Western red cedar ( Thuja plicata) is much more used for shingles 

 than for lumber in the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and 

 Montana, where the chief supply grows. It is called giant cedar and 

 western cedar in commerce. 



Southern white cedar (Chamsecyparis thyoides) ranges in deep 

 swamps from New Jersey to Florida, and is called swamp cedar in 

 some parts of its range and juniper in others. All cedars are valuable 

 for poles and posts, and some of them are more used for these pur- 

 poses than for lumber. 



The most important contributions to the lumber supply are the 

 following: Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) , northern white cedar 

 ( Thuja occidentalis) , and southern white cedar ( Chamsecyparis thy- 

 oides). Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is of considerable impor- 

 tance as a material for pencils. In the Pacific Coast States incense 

 cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) , Port Orford cedar (Chamsecyparis lau:- 

 soniana), and yellow cedar (Chamsecyparis nootkatensis) are lumbered 



to a small extent. 



Table 21. — Cedar lumber sawed. 



State. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity 

 (M feet 

 b. m.). 



Per cent 

 of distri- 

 bution. 



United States. 



508 



358,444 



100.0 



Washington 



Idaho 



California 



Oregon 



Virginia 



Tennessee 



Maine 



North Carolina . . 



Wisconsin 



Kentucky 



All other States i . 



122 

 12 

 28 

 51 

 7 

 44 

 46 

 59 

 20 

 11 



10S 



233,443 



23,307 



22, 056 



21,902 



16,558 



7,982 



7,005 



5,167 



4,403 



2,202 



11,419 



65.1 

 6.5 

 6.2 

 6.1 

 4.6 

 2.2 

 2.0 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 .6 

 4.0 



1 Includes establishments distributed as follows: Alabama, I: Arkansas, 3; Connecticut, 5; Delaware, 2; 

 Indiana, I - Maryland, 5; Massachusetts, 12; Michigan, IS; Minnesota, 11: Missouri, 2: Montana, 2; New 

 Hampshire, 1; NewJersoy, 21: New York, 1: Pennsylvania, 1; Khodo Island, 1; South Carolina, 7; Texas, 1; 

 Vermont, 5; and West Virginia, 2. 



BASSWOOD. 



Three kinds of basswood contribute to the lumber cut of the 

 country, but no distinction between them is made at the mill or in 

 the market. Common basswood (Tilia americana) is best developed 

 in the Lake States, white basswood (Tilia Ketrophylld) among the 

 mountain ranges in West Virginia and southward, and downy bass- 

 wood ( Tilia pubescens) is found, though scarce, from North Carolina 



