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Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

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Scientific Name Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don Common Name western red cedar General Description
While most people associate giant trees with Pacific rainforests, very large cedar and hemlock trees may also be found in wet regions of the British Columbia interior. This photograph is of three large western red…
While most people associate giant trees with Pacific rainforests, very large cedar and hemlock trees may also be found in wet regions of the British Columbia interior. This photograph is of three large western red cedar trees along the Old Growth Trail, between Kokanee Creek and Kokanee Glacier Provincial Parks. The largest tree in this stand had a diameter of 3.9 metres. (Source: University of Alberta BioDiTRL online database, accessed Dec. 7, 2015. Copyright restrictions apply.)

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"Species Details - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don, University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/1-4047/12-18107. Accessed 08 Jul. 2024.

Specimen Information

There are 30 specimens of this Species.

687 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crowsnest Forest Reserve Date Collected1944-07-04

689 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crowsnest Date Collected1947-06-30

33164 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, British Columbia, Big Bend Highway Date Collected1951-06-29

114063 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, British Columbia, Kootenay National Park, Sinclair Canyon Date Collected1945-09-15

114433 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Banff National Park, Southeast Lyell Glacier Date Collected1984

117442 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, British Columbia, Mount Robson Provincial Park, Mount Robson Date Collected1972-08-12

123650 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Emerald Lake Date Collected2006-07-13

134509 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Mill Hill, Victoria Date Collected1973-05-04

143551 - Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium

Common Namewestern red cedar Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Island Lake Date Collected1987-07-22