Habitat. 



104 "wood and forest. 



Western Eed Cedar. Caxoe Cedar. Giant Arborvitae. 

 Tli/iija pliccda D. Don. Thuya gigantca Nuttall. 



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

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



Habitat : ( See map) ; 

 best in Pua'et Sound re 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 10O'-300'; 

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

 trunk has immense but 

 tresses, often 16' in di- 

 ameter, then tapers , 

 Ijranches, horizontal, 



short, making a dense 

 conical tree ; bark, bright 

 cinnamon red, shallow 

 fissures, broad ridges, 

 peeling into long, nar- 

 I'ow, stringy scales ■, 

 leaves, veiT small, over- 

 lapping in 1 ranks, on 

 older twigs, sharper and 

 more remote; cones, J/2'' 

 long, small, erect. 



Appearance of Wood; 



Color, dull bro^yn or red, 

 thin sap-wood nearlv 

 ■\ihite; non-porons ; rings, 



I.caf. 



