Family:
Cupressaceae Gray
Genus:
Thuja L.

Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Alaska to N. California.

[EDGE]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Thuja plicata is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -7.6, which places it in position 764 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 9.99, ranked 228. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington

Introduced into:

Austria, Denmark, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden

English
Western Red Cedar

Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2001 Menzies, A. [s.n.], Canada K000075281 lectotype Yes
Mar 1, 2000 Parks, H.E. [1139] K000088935 No
Mar 1, 2000 Zeller, S.M. [838] K000088930 No
Mar 1, 2000 Elrod, M.J. [s.n.] K000088932 No
Mar 1, 2000 Lyall, D. [s.n.], Canada K000088928 No
Mar 1, 2000 Lyall, D. [s.n.] K000088927 No
Mar 1, 2000 Jack, J.G. [1586] K000088938 No
Mar 1, 2000 Sandberg, J.H. [967] K000088934 No
Mar 1, 2000 Shaw, C.H. [197], Canada K000088936 No
Mar 1, 2000 Leiberg, J.B. [1492] K000088937 No
Mar 1, 2000 Halse, R.R. [4570] K000088943 No
Mar 1, 2000 Lamb, F.H. [1204] K000088942 No
Mar 1, 2000 Kellogg, A. [412], Canada K000088940 No
Mar 1, 2000 Calder, J.A. [21155], Canada K000088945 No
Mar 1, 2000 Rosendahl, C.O. [775], Canada K000088944 No
Mar 1, 2000 Gorman, M.W. [177] K000088948 No
Mar 1, 2000 Shaw, C.H. [706], Canada K000088947 No
Mar 1, 2000 Allen, O.D. [304] K000088946 No
Mar 1, 2000 Malt, M.O. [s.n.], Canada K000088949 No
Mar 1, 2000 Rodin, R.J. [7990], Canada K000088950 No
Mar 1, 2000 Grant, J.M. [s.n.] K000088933 No
Mar 1, 2000 Douglas, D. [s.n.] K000088931 No
Mar 1, 2000 Moir, T.R.G. [237], Canada K000088951 No
Mar 1, 2000 Lunell, J. [s.n.] K000088939 No
Mar 1, 2000 Cooley, G.R. [s.n.], Canada K000088941 No
Mar 1, 2000 Elmer, A.D.E. [360] K000088929 No
73857.000 No

First published in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus 2: 19 (1824)

Accepted by

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

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