Taxon

Thuja plicata 'Excelsa'

 
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Thuja plicata 'Excelsa' - Excelsa western redcedar
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Excelsa western redcedar
Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Distribution: Species native to n.w. North America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen tree
Comments: A native evergreen tree with narrow habit, branches strongly ascending, dense, foliage dark green even in winter. This selection was found in a Berlin cemetery in 1904. A nice evergreen up to 50' tall. Useful as a specimen or hedge in formal and semi-formal plantings. Deer browse resistant unlike eastern species.

Locations

  • 1: CON: CL13 (CL13) • Accession: D2006-0517.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: CON: CL13 (CL13) • Accession: D2006-0517.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: CON: CL13 (CL13) • Accession: D2006-0517.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: CON: CL13 (CL13) • Accession: D2006-0517.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: CON: CP14 (CP14) • Accession: D1995-0410.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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