FAN Tree Walk - August 2001

#6 - Western Red Cedar (corner of Fifth Street & D Avenue)

 
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western red cedar (36.7KB)Western Red Cedar (Giant Arborvita):  Native to the Pacific Northwest, the Indians used this tree for everything from diapers made from the bark to canoes burned and carved out of the trunk. It is highly prized by the timber industry, so very few virgin stands are left. western red cedar cones

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