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Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: xpey’

Taxon Name: Thuja plicata

“Common” Name: western redcedar

Cultural Values:

spiritual

material

Ecological Community: Freshwater, Forests, Anthropogenic

Wikipedia summary:

Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar in the U.S. or western red cedar in the UK, and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood. It is not a true cedar

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Observational Data:
First reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Last reported: 2023-05-27
Source: iNat
Obervation count: 19