Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
The Incense Cedar is a stately tree with thick bark which, despite ist misleading name, actually belongs to the cypress family.
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Appearance
The Incense Cedar is a stately tree with thick bark which, despite ist misleading name, actually belongs to the cypress family.
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Leaves
Bluish-green pointed scales. Opposite. Entire. Scales are bluish-green above, green below. Size of scales: approx. 0.5cm.
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Leaf upperside
Bluish-green pointed scales. Opposite. Entire. Scales are bluish-green above, green below. Size of scales: approx. 0.5cm.
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Bark
Thick, red-brown bark. Peels off extensively.
Application
Parks.
Native regions
USA, Mexico
Location parameters
Light: sunny to off-sun; soil type: sandy to loamy; nutrient concentration: low to normal; pH value of the soil: slightly acid to slightly alkaline; soil: fresh to moist.
Growth
20-40m high, columnar tree.
Leaves
Bluish-green pointed scales. Opposite. Entire. Scales are bluish-green above, green below. Size of scales: approx. 0.5cm.
Flowers
Flowering period: IV-IX. Inconspicuous. Apical male flowers on short shoots. Female flowers are spherical.
Fruits
Oblong pendent cones. Approx. 2-3cm long. Pale red-brown with thorny scales. Seeds are oblong-lance-shaped with two unequal wings.
Bark
Thick, red-brown bark. Peels off extensively.