Incense Cedar - Calocedrus Decurrens

Two plus year old tree. One year of plug growth and at least one year of growth in a tree pot.

• Conifer (but not a true cedar), evergreen, stiff or narrowly columnar in youth, 70-110 ft tall, regular in outline, branchlets flattened, terminating in fan-like sprays, wedge-shaped joints.   Bark light or reddish brown.  Leaves in 4's closely pressed, a fluted wine glass pattern formed by each outside pair of leaves. Lustrous dark green throughout the year, emitting an aromatic odor when crushed.  Male cones small, yellow; female cones cylindrical, up to 1" long, composed of 6 paired, flattened, and pointed scales ("duck-beaks"), ripening in late summer at low elevations.

• Sun or partial shade. Prefers moist, well-drained, fertile soils, but shows adaptability to different soil types. Does not usually exhibit "winter burn" color as does Western Red Cedar. Also, prefers soil more dry than western red cedar. 

• Hardy to USDA Zone 5.  Native range from western Oregon to Nevada, south to California.  It is one of the four native "cedars" (so-called) found in Oregon.