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Cedar, in a strict botanical sense, refers to those trees belonging to the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae. In common usage, the Cypress family of trees are often labeled as Cedars.
Cedar may also refer to:
[edit] Coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus
[edit] Trees in the Cypress family
- Western Red Cedar, Thuja plicata of the Pacific northwest forests
- Bermuda Cedar, Juniperus bermudiana
- Eastern Red Cedar, Juniperus virginiana of eastern North America
- Prickly Cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus
- Eastern White Cedar or Northern White Cedar, Thuja occidentalis of eastern North America
- Atlantic White Cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides
- Yellow Cedar or Alaska Yellow Cedar, Callitropsis nootkatensis
- Incense Cedar, Calocedrus found in western North America, China and Taiwan
- Port Orford Cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
- Japanese Cedar, Cryptomeria
- Chilean Cedar, Austrocedrus chilensis
- New Zealand Cedar, species of the genus Libocedrus
[edit] Trees in the Cephalotaxaceae family
[edit] Mahoganies
[edit] Trees in other families
[edit] Other plants
[edit] Places
- Canada
- United States
- Cedar, Indiana
- Cedar, Kansas
- Cedar City, Utah
- Cedar County, Iowa
- Cedar County, Missouri
- Cedar County, Nebraska
- Cedar Township, Michigan
- Cedar Township, Marshall County, Minnesota
- Cedar Township, Martin County, Minnesota
[edit] See also
