Botanical Name: Calocedrus decurrens (Libocedrus decurrens)
Common Name: Incense cedar
Type of Plant: conifer: tree
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape erect, narrow and upright; narrowly pyramidal when young, becoming broadly pyramidal with age; foliage is often carried down to ground
Height 50'-150' (150')
Spread 20' - 60'
Growth Rate slow-moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred; tolerates part shade in inland locations
Soil tolerates most any soil
Hardiness hardy (Zones 1-12, 24-24); prefers warm hillside locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves scalelike; tiny flattened scales to 1/4" long forming bright green flattened branchlets, 4-ranked on stem
Flowers samll staminate and pistillate catkins, solitary, terminal
Fruit small cone to 1" long, reddish brown; contains 1-2 seeds
 
Propagation:
seed (stratify for best results)
 
Usage:
excellent vertical accent tree for dense pyramidal form; can be used in mass plantings for a background or slope planting; best used in rustic or woodsy-themed landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering moderate water preferred; becomes very drought tolerant after established; avoid poorly drained soils
Fertilizing little required unless watering is heavy
Pruning none other than to remove lower limbs as desired
Pests/Diseases relatively pest free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Yellow pine forests of California and Oregon
Family: Cupressaceae

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