Cupressaceae
California incense-cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Calocedrus
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Common names
By language (25)
- Armenian
- Գետնամայրի կալիֆոռնիական
- arz
- كالوسيدروس ديكورنس
- Chinese
- 香雪松, 加州翠柏, 北美翠柏
- Czech
- Pazerav sbíhavý
- Danish
- Californisk Flodceder
- English
- California incense-cedar, Incense cedar, Bastard cedar, California incense cedar, White cedar
- Estonian
- Kalifornia lõhnaseeder
- Finnish
- Oregonintuoksusetri
- French
- Calocèdre, Cèdre blanc de Californie, Cèdre à encens, Libocèdre
- Galician
- Cedro de California
- German
- Weihrauchzeder, Kalifornische Flusszeder, Kalifornische Weihrauchzeder
- Hebrew
- קלוצדרוס מפושק
- Hungarian
- Kaliforniai gyantásciprus
- Italian
- Cedro dell'incenso, Cedro della California
- Japanese
- オニヒバ
- Lithuanian
- Kaliforninis kedrotis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Californiaseder
- Persian
- سرو عود
- Polish
- Cedrzyniec kalifornijski
- Portuguese
- Cedro-do-incenso-da-califórnia
- Russian
- Калоцедрус низбегающий
- Serbian
- Калифорнијски либокедар
- Slovenian
- Kalifornijska kalocedra, Kalocedra
- Spanish
- Cedro Incienso
- Turkish
- Kaliforniya su sediri
Synonyms
- Abies cupressoides Poir.
- Heyderia decurrens (Torr.) K.Koch
- Libocedrus decurrens Torr.
- Libocedrus decurrens f. aureovariegata (Schwer.) Rehder
- Libocedrus decurrens f. compacta Beissn.
- Libocedrus decurrens f. glauca Beissn.
- Libocedrus decurrens var. glauca Beissn.
- Thuja craigana A.Murray bis & al.
- Thuja decurrens (Torr.) Voss
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.