Cupressaceae
Western redcedar
Thuja plicata
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Thuja
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- عفص مطوي, شجر الحياء الكبير
- Armenian
- Կենսածառ հսկայական
- arz
- عفص مطوى
- Asturian
- Tuya xigante
- Azerbaijani
- Nəhəng tuya
- Basque
- Tuia erraldoi
- Belarusian
- Туя гіганцкая
- Chinese
- 北美乔柏, 美西側柏, 北美紅杉, 北美紅檜, 美國檜木, 美國紅杉, 西洋杉, 西部側柏
- Croatian
- Golema tuja
- Czech
- Zerav obrovský, Túje obrovská, Zerav řasnatý
- Danish
- Kæmpe-Thuja, Canadisk livstræ ( Kæmpe-thuja, Western redcedar).
- dsb
- Wjelicka tuja
- Dutch
- Reuzenlevensboom
- English
- Western redcedar, Canoe cedar, Giant arborvitae, Giant cedar, Pacific redcedar, Shinglewood, Western arborvitae, Western red cedar
- Esperanto
- Giganta tujo
- Estonian
- Hiigel-elupuu
- Finnish
- Jättituija
- French
- Cèdre de l'Ouest, Thuya de Lobb, Thuya geant de Californie, Thuya géant, Thuya géant de californie
- frr
- Grat Leewentsbuum
- Galician
- Tuia xigante
- German
- Riesen-Lebensbaum, Riesen-Thuja, Riesenlebensbaum, Riesenthuja
- Hebrew
- ארז אדום מערבי
- Hindi
- लाल देवदार, थूजा प्लीकाटा, पश्चिमी लाल देवदार
- hsb
- Hoberski dušan
- Hungarian
- Óriás tuja
- Icelandic
- Risalífviður
- Italian
- Cedro gigante
- Japanese
- アメリカネズコ, ウェスタンレッドシダー, ウエスタンレッドシダー, ベイスギ, 米杉
- Korean
- 투야 플리카타
- Lithuanian
- Didžioji tuja
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjempetuja
- Persian
- نوش غربی
- Polish
- Żywotnik olbrzymi
- Romanian
- Tuia gigantică
- Russian
- Туя складчатая, Туя гигантская
- Slovak
- Tuja riasnatá
- Slovenian
- Orjaški klek, Veliki klek
- Spanish
- Arbol de la vida gigante, Cedro rojo del Pacifico, Cedro rojo del Pacífico, Tuya, Tuya gigante, Árbol de la vida gigante
- Swedish
- Jättetuja
- Turkish
- Boylu mazı
- Vietnamese
- Tuyết tùng đỏ
- Welsh
- Cedrwydden goch
Synonyms
- Libocedrus craigiana H.Low ex Gordon
- Libocedrus gigantea H.Low ex Gordon
- Thuja asplenifolia Carrière
- Thuja californica K.Koch
- Thuja douglasii Nutt. ex Parl.
- Thuja flabellata Beissn.
- Thuja gigantea Nutt.
- Thuja gigantea var. atrovirens Gordon
- Thuja gigantea var. pendula Beissn.
- Thuja lobbiana Gordon
- Thuja lobbii Gordon
- Thuja lycopodioides Beissn.
- Thuja menziesii Douglas ex Endl.
- Thuja menziesii var. fastigiata Carrière
- Thuja occidentalis var. plicata (Donn ex D.Don) Loudon ex Hoopes
- Thuja plicata f. atrovirens (Gordon) O.L.Lipa
- Thuja plicata f. fastigiata (Carrière) C.K.Schneid.
- Thuja plicata f. pendula (Beissn.) Rehder
- Thuja plicatilis Beissn.
- Thuja wareana Lodd. ex Loudon
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Tago Nist, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.