Tags: Conifer.
Thuja plicata commonly called western or Pacific redcedar giant or western arborvitae giant cedar or shinglewood is a species of Thuja an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae native to western North America. Despite its common names it does not belong with the true cedars within the genus Cedrus. It is the provincial tree of British Columbia and has extensive applications for the indigenous First Nations of the Pacific Northwest.
