Incense Cedar - Calocedrus decurrens - PNW Plants
Individuals leaves are typically 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, sets of four are several times longer than wide. Overlapping facial scales form a wine goblet shape. Cones are about 1 inch long and appear to have 3 semi-woody scales (actually 6) which are yellowish brown when mature, resembling a duck's bill when closed and a flying goose when open.
Calocedrus decurrens - Wikipedia
Calocedrus decurrens, with the common names incense cedar[3] and California incense cedar[4] (syn. Libocedrus decurrens Torr.), is a species of coniferous tree native to western North America. It is the most widely known species in the genus, and is often simply called incense cedar without the regional qualifier. [5][6][7]
Incense Cedar – Calocedrus decurrens - NW Conifers
Leaves: Incense cedar has small, flat scale-like leaves forming overlapping, long, wedge-shaped joints. The leaves are often described as forming the shape of a wine glass, but beer drinkers would swear that they are shaped like a beer glass. This pattern, often outlined in white, is distinct to incense cedar.
Calocedrus decurrens - Landscape Plants | Oregon State University
Leaves in 4's closely pressed, a "fluted wine-glass" pattern formed by each outside (lateral) pair of leaves, lustrous dark green throughout the year (little or no winter browning), emitting an aromatic odor when crushed.
Calocedrus - Wikipedia
The leaves are bright green on both sides of the shoots, and the cones 2–2.5 cm long. It is by far the most widely known species in the genus, and is often simply called "incense cedar" without the regional qualifier. western North America Calocedrus formosana, Taiwan incense cedar
Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens is a medium sized tree eighty to one hundred twenty feet high (Preston 1989). The leaves are small, scale-like, oblong-ovate, in whorls of four, decurrent, and closely adnate on the branchlets and aromatic when crushed. The flowers are monecious, appearing in January on the
Incense Cedar Tree - Forestry.com
2023年10月3日 · From its towering height of up to 200 feet to its pyramid-like crown and vibrant green scale-like leaves arranged in flattened sprays, the Incense Cedar embodies botanical elegance. Its straight trunk, which can reach impressive diameters, adds to its majestic appearance and distinguishes it from other coniferous species.
Incense Cedar Calocedrus decurrens Calocedrus decurrens, commonly called incense cedar, is an elegant, majestic, aromatic, pyramidal evergreen conifer that is grown as an ornamental or large specimen tree. In cultivation, they typically reach heights of 50 ft. Their name comes from the Greek word kalos meaning beautiful and cedrus from
Incense cedar | Evergreen, Coniferous, Fragrant | Britannica
The incense cedar, named for the odour its leaves emit when bruised, may grow 30 to 45 metres (100 to 150 feet) tall and up to 5.5 metres (18 feet) in diameter. The tree has a straight trunk, with reddish, furrowed bark, and spreading branches that end in sprays of branchlets, covered with dark green leaves.
Incense Cedar - Calscape
The bark is orange-brown weathering grayish, smooth at first, becoming fissured and peeling in long strips on the lower trunk on old trees. The foliage is produced in flattened sprays with short, scale-like leaves. The leaves are bright green on both sides of the shoots. Easy to grow in the garden but requires plenty of room.