softwood page

CEDAR

NOTE: unless otherwise specifically stated, all of the images shown on this
page are of 1/4" square end grain cross sections shown at 12X with the top
of the image towards the bark and the bottom towards the pith so that
earlywood is towards the bottom of the growth rings and latewood is towards the top

to see all species with links to their anatomy page go here: species links

"Cedar" is a generic name used with over 200 species from over two dozen genera. I've broken out a few of them to help avoid clutter on this page and others are on other pages for various reasons. These include:

• the following are on the Thuja page:
• Thuja plicata (arborvitae, Western red cedar)
• Thuja occidentalis (arborvitae, white cedar, northern white cedar)
• Thuja standishii (Japanese arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, Japanese cedar)
• the "Spanish cedar" species (Cedro spp., Cedrella spp., Toona spp.) are on the mahogany page
• port orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) is on the cypress page

Alaskan yellow cedar, Cupressus nootkatensis is a cypress but because it is most commonly called cedar in the USA, it is on it's own page on the main site as Alaskan yellow cedar rather than being with the cypresses and likewise here in the anatomy pages, it is on this cedar page.

general characteristics of cedar

• parenchyma:
• rays:
• growth rings:
• resin canals:

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IMAGES ARE PRESENTED WITH NO ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE TO THE PAGE AS YET

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• atlas cedar / Cedrus atlantica --- a 1/4" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X
• blue atlas cedar / Cedrus spp. --- a 1/3" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X
• blue atlas cedar / Cedrus spp. --- a 5/12" x 1/2" cross section shown here at 6X
• blue atlas cedar / Cedrus spp.

   

   

• deodar cedar / Cedrus deodara
• deodar cedar / Cedrus deodara


• deodar cedar / Cedrus deodara --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• deodar cedar / Cedrus deodara --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

     

• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana
• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana
• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana

     

• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana --- heartwood
• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana --- sapwood from the same piece
• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana

   

• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Eastern red cedar / Juniperus virginiana --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

     

• pencil cedar / Juniperus virginiana --- heartwood
• pencil cedar / Juniperus virginiana --- sapwood from the same piece
• African pencil cedar / Juniperus procera

   

• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• incense cedar / Calocedrus decurrens --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• pencil cedar / Calocedrus decurrens
• Lebanon cedar / Cedrus libani --- a 1/2" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 6X

     

• Alaskan yellow cedar / Cupressus nootkatensis
• Alaskan yellow cedar / Cupressus nootkatensis
• Alaskan yellow cedar / Cupressus nootkatensis

     

• Alaskan yellow cedar / Cupressus nootkatensis
• yellow cedar / Cupressus nootkatensis
• yellow cedar / Cupressus nootkatensis

     

• white cedar / unknown species but Cedrus spp. very likely --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• white cedar / unknown species but Cedrus spp. very likely --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• white cedar / Cedrus alba

   

• white cedar / unknown species --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• white cedar / unknown species --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• red cedar / unknown species
• Bermuda cedar / Juniperus bermudiana