Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
(Western Red-cedar)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)
GenusThuja (red cedars)
FamilyCUPRESSACEAE (cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars)
OrderPINALES (conifers)
ClassPINOPSIDA (conifers)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar) :
1: Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)
16 Apr 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
very old multi-stemmed tree
Image 1: Basal branches growing into secondary trunksImage 2: Basal branches growing into secondary trunks (2)Image 3: Canopy against the skyImage 4: FoliageImage 5: Foliage (2)Image 6: Looking up the tree into the canopyImage 7: Looking up the tree into the canopy (2)Image 8: Looking up the tree into the canopy (3)Image 9: Tree
2: Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)
7 Mar 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: ConesImage 2: Leaf spray - top viewImage 3: Leaf spray - top view (2)Image 4: Leaf spray - top view - close-upImage 5: Leaf spray - undersideImage 6: Leaf spray - underside (2)Image 7: Leaf spray - underside - close-up
3: Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)
17 Jan 1976 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Leaf sprayImage 2: Leaf spray - close-up

Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)