Plants > Conifers
AT A GLANCECommon Name: AlerceScientific Name: Fitzroya cupressoidesCategory: PlantsSubcategory: ConifersSize: Height: 130–200 ft (40–60 m); Trunk diameter: 10–16 ft (3.0–5.0 m)Weight: Estimated individual mature biomass up to 200–400 tonsLifespan: 3,000–3,600+ years;...
Plants > Conifers
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Incense CedarScientific Name: Calocedrus decurrensCategory: PlantsSubcategory: ConifersSize: Height 30 to 50 m (100 to 165 ft); trunk diameter 1.2 to 2.4 m (3.9 to 7.9 ft)Weight: Massive long-lived timber tree weighing many tonsLifespan: 500 to...
Plants > Conifers
OverviewThe Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), also renowned across the world as the Mediterranean cypress, Tuscan cypress, or pencil pine, is an iconic, deeply statuesque evergreen conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. Indigenous to the rugged...
Plants > Trees
OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: Western RedcedarScientific Name: Thuja plicataCategory: PlantsSubcategory: TreesSize: 45 to 70 m (148 to 230 ft) height; trunk diameter up to 3 to 6 m (9.8 to 19.7 ft); ancient specimens exceed 75 mWeight: Mature standing tree biomass...
Plants > Trees
OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: Eastern RedcedarScientific Name: Juniperus virginianaCategory: PlantsSubcategory: TreesSize: 10 to 20 m (33 to 66 ft) height; trunk diameter 30 to 80 cm (12 to 31 in); exceptionally up to 25 m (82 ft)Weight: Mature standing tree biomass...
