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Tree #17: Incense Cedar
Calocedrus decurrens (calo-ce-drus de-cur-rens)
- Not a true Cedar actually in cypress family
- Grows natively from N. Baja to Oregon's Mt. Hood & above 2000’ elevation in the Sierra Nevada
- A columnar cedar that can grow to heights of 130 to 195 feet and a trunk diameter of up to 9.8 feet
- Has rich bright green color in fan-like foliage & Cinnamon colored bark that starts out smooth and becomes fissured as tree ages
- Seed bearing cones on branches that have scalelike leaves
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