Calocedrus decurrens
California Incensecedar

 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage:
Green (Lustrous, dark green flattened sprays of evergreen foliage)
 Fruit:
Brown (Small cones)
 Ultimate Height:
30-50 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
8-10 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil:
Prefers moist, well-drained soils, but is quite adaptable to soil type, even tolerating poor soils
 Range:
Western United States
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
The small, glandular leaves are scale-like, arranged in whorls of 4, on branches of vertically-held, flattened sprays. The foliage is aromatic when crushed, smelling similar to incense. The small (0.75-1" long) cones are flattened and reminiscent of a duck's bill when they open to release seed. Mature bark is cinnamon-red, fibrous, furrowed, and scaly.
 Special Characteristics:
  • Drought Tolerant 277
  • Hedge 235
  • Screen 171
  • Specimen 602
  • Slow Growth Rate 269

    • Additional Information

    The California Incensecedar is a large, handsome plant, excellent for formal plantings. In youth it is distinctly columnar and may develop a more conical habit at maturity. This plant is quite adaptable to different types of soils and is drought and heat tolerant once established. The California Incensecedar is known to be quite long-lived and large in the wild, even over 1000 years old and reaching more than 150' in height.

    1 Calocedrus decurrens found

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