Scientific name: Calocedrus decurrens

Common name:  California incense cedar

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 22-30m tall, 7-10m wide

Form: upright, columnar

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: Scale-like. Opposite.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: red, brown cone. Monecious (male and female on both plant). Yellow male cones on tips of branchlets.

Limitations: none

Suitable uses: background plant. Great tree, good texture and colour. Hardy, tough, drought tolerant.

Quick ID: Conifer. Evergreen. Unique smell (spicy incense). Scale-like leaves, opposite. Very decurrant (more than other scale-like conifers). Very flat branches. Flexible branches.

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