Bastard Cedar

Calocedrus decurrens

(Torr.) Florin Species

Calocedrus decurrens
Jason Schock via iNaturalist — CC BY 4.0
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Botanical name
Calocedrus decurrens
Also known as
Bastard Cedar, Bastard-Cedar, California Incense Cedar, California Incense-Cedar, California Post Cedar, California Post-Cedar, Californian Incense-Cedar, Incense Cedar, Incense-Cedar, White Cedar
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Calocedrus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Bastard Cedar

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Calocedrus decurrens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Abies cupressoides Heyderia decurrens Libocedrus decurrens Libocedrus decurrens f. aureovariegata Libocedrus decurrens f. compacta Libocedrus decurrens f. glauca Libocedrus decurrens var. glauca Thuja craigana Thuja decurrens

Others in Calocedrus

Calocedrus macrolepis
Chinese Incense-Cedar
Calocedrus formosana
Taiwan Incense-Cedar
Calocedrus rupestris

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