Thuja plicata
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Thuja plicata is a large coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar, although it is not a true cedar. It is also
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Bark
Leaves
Shoot with pollen cones
Picea sitchensis
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Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to just over 100 meters tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m. It is by far the largest sp
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…in) below the soil surface in the winter. It does not grow as well in areas with flowing groundwater, unlike another common associate, Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). Western redcedars growing in the Rocky Mountains and along the eastern slope of the Washington Cascades are subject to higher mortality rates when…
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Foliage, mature seed cone, and (center) old pollen cone
Sitka spruce forest in the Olympic Mountains, Washington
Sitka spruce on Vancouver Island, British Columbia