Port Orford cedar

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A tall evergreen coniferous tree (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) native to southwest Oregon and northwest California, having drooping flattened branches and opposite scalelike leaves with white markings.

[After Port Orford, a town of southwest Oregon.]

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Noun	1.	Port Orford cedar - the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree cedarwood, cedar - durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar - large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
	2.	Port Orford cedar - large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis - a genus of Chamaecyparis Port Orford cedar - the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree

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cedar cedar tree cedarwood Chamaecyparis Chamaecyparis lawsoniana genus Chamaecyparis Lawson's cedar Lawson's cypress Oregon cedar	The term Port Orford Cedar comes from the limited area that is the native range of this species, which was extensively timbered and subjected to catastrophic wildfires for much of its history. A cedar in name only by American Forests If you live in the Pacific Northwest you may have a cedar wood doormat made from Port Orford Cedar , a wood native to Oregon and Northern California. The Different Varieties of Cedar Wood Doormat by Joseph Kortez / Consumer news, advice, product reviews community And the two tree species, the brewer or weeping spruce and the Port Orford cedar, are both already rare and little known if one checks the Sudsworth - Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope Manual, which has the only data in print as to these tree species' occurrence, to my knowledge. LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)	Port du Salut Port Elizabeth port evacuation of cargoes port evacuation of shipping Port Harcourt Port Huron Port Jackson Port Jackson fig Port Jackson heath Port Jackson pine Port Jackson shark Port Jackson willow Port lid Port Louis Port Lyautey Port Moresby Port Nicholson port of call port of debarkation port of embarkation port of entry Port of Spain port of support port operations group Port Orange Port Orford cedar Port Phillip Bay Port Royal port running Port Said Port Salut port security Port Stanley Port Sudan port support activity Port Talbot Port toll Port Vila Port warden port watcher port wine port wine stain port-access coronary bypass surgery Port-au-Prince Port-Gentil Port-of-Spain Port-royalist Port-Salut Port-Vila port-wine stain Port.	Port of Tauranga Port of Tilbury London Port of Tillamook Bay Port of Toledo Port of Transshipment Port of Ulsan Port of Ulsan Port of Ushuaia Port of Valparaiso Port of Valparaiso Port of Vancouver Port of Washington Yacht Club Port of Wilmington Maritime Society Port Oliver Yacht Club Port Operational Performance Simulator port operations group port operations group Port Operations Information for Safety and Efficiency Port Operations Management System port operations service Port Operations, Security, and Defense Port Orange Port Orange, Florida Port Orchard Port Orchard Bay Street Association Port Orchard Community Theater Port Orford cedar Port Orford Cypress Port Orford Cypress Port Orford Head Port Orford Head State Park Port Orford Heads Port Orford Heads State Park Port Orford Ocean Resource Team Port Orleans French Quarter Port Out Number Port Out, Starboard Home Port Perry Half Marathon Port Perry High School Port Phillip Port Phillip Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip Bay Port Pirie Port Pirie Cohort Study Port Pirie, South Australia Port Power Conditioning Unit Port Power Supply Module Port Processor Port Promotion Council Zeeland Port Qasim Port Radium Port Radium, Northwest Territories

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cedar
cedar tree
cedarwood
Chamaecyparis
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
genus Chamaecyparis
Lawson's cedar
Lawson's cypress
Oregon cedar

The term Port Orford Cedar comes from the limited area that is the native range of this species, which was extensively timbered and subjected to catastrophic wildfires for much of its history.

A cedar in name only by American Forests

If you live in the Pacific Northwest you may have a cedar wood doormat made from Port Orford Cedar , a wood native to Oregon and Northern California.

The Different Varieties of Cedar Wood Doormat by Joseph Kortez / Consumer news, advice, product reviews community

And the two tree species, the brewer or weeping spruce and the Port Orford cedar, are both already rare and little known if one checks the Sudsworth - Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope Manual, which has the only data in print as to these tree species' occurrence, to my knowledge.

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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