Definition of Calocedrus decurrens

1. Noun. Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark.

Exact synonyms: Incense Cedar, Libocedrus Decurrens, Red Cedar
Generic synonyms: Cedar, Cedar Tree
Group relationships: Calocedrus, Genus Calocedrus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calocedrus Decurrens

Callophis
Callorhinus
Callorhinus ursinus
Callum
Calluna
Calluna vulgaris
Calmette-Guerin bacillus
Calmette-Guerin vaccine
Calmette test
Calmuck
Calmucks
Calnada pea
Calocarpum
Calocarpum zapota
Calocedrus
Calocedrus decurrens (current term)
Calochortus
Calochortus albus
Calochortus amabilis
Calochortus amoenus
Calochortus elegans
Calochortus kennedyi
Calochortus luteus
Calochortus macrocarpus
Calochortus nuttallii
Calophyllum
Calophyllum calaba
Calophyllum candidissimum
Calophyllum inophyllum
Calophyllum longifolium

Literary usage of Calocedrus decurrens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"and for incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens [Torr.] Florin.), two O3-tolerant species. The rate of litter decomposition for all three pine species was ..."

2. Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management edited by James K. Brown, Robert W. Mutch, Charles W. Spoon, Ronald H. Wakimoto (1996)
"... pine (Pinus jeffreyi) and incense-cedar (Calocedrus decurrens). Mean annual precipitation is 108.2 cm at Giant Forest and 105.8 cm at Grant Grove. ..."

3. Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate Forests by Boonchoob Boontawee, Timothy James Butler Boyle (1995)
"Identification of locus modifying the electrophoretic mobility of malate dehydrogenase isozymes in Incense-cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) and its implications ..."

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