Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don, 1824

Common names

🇬🇧 Western Red-cedar
🇫🇷 Thuya plié, Thuya géant, Cèdre de l’Ouest

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass : Cupressidae
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Cupressoideae
Tribe: Thujopsideae
Genus: Thuja
Species: Thuja plicata

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/thuja-plicata.webp — Thuja plicata

img/thuja-plicata-2.webp — Thuja plicata

img/thuja-plicata-3.webp — Thuja plicata

img/thuja-plicata-4.webp — Thuja plicata

img/thuja-plicata-5.webp — Thuja plicata - Bark

Sources

Farjon, A. (2013). Thuja plicata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2013. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42263A2968155.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 34). Biotope.