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THE CEDARS 
Incense cedar (fig. 10) is a beautiful and fragrant-foliaged tree : 
common in both the Coast Range and Sierra. The cinnamon-brown 23 
bark can be pulled off in long strips and has even been used for | 
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Figure 10.—Incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) 
roofing cabins. The small, scalelike leaves lie with their twigs in 
flat sprays. The unique, spindlelike cones, about an inch long, are 
composed of three pairs of scales, the lowest pair very small and the 
