Red cedar

MFA Acc. #: 1993.576

Description

1) An evergreen tree, Juniperus virginiana, more commonly known as red cedar eastern red cedar.

2) An evergreen tree, Thuja plicata, native to the Pacific northwest. It is also called pacific red cedar and arborvitae western red cedar.

Synonyms and Related Terms

eastern red cedar; western red cedar; cdre rouge (Fr.)

Additional Images

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  MFA Acc. #: 17.2214

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  Aromatic red cedar (Juniperus virgiania)

Authority

• Ward Bucher, ed., Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 426

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998