Cedar is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the genus Cedrus.
Some botanical authorities consider the Old-World Cedrus the only "true cedars".[1][2] Many other species worldwide with similarly aromatic wood, including several species of genera Calocedrus, Thuja, and Chamaecyparis in the Pacific Northwest of North America, are referred to as "false cedars".[3]
Plants called "cedar" include:
Family Pinaceae
- Cedrus, common English name cedar, a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae
- Cedrus libani, the Lebanon cedar, native to Lebanon, western Syria and south-central Turkey
- Cedrus atlantica, the Atlas cedar, native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria
- Cedrus deodara, the Deodar cedar, native to the western Himalayas
- Cedrus brevifolia, the Cyprus cedar, found in the island of Cyprus' Cedar Valley in the Troodos Mountains
- Pinus sibirica, the Siberian pine, occasionally erroneously referred to as "Siberian cedar"
Family Cupressaceae
- Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides
- Bermuda cedar, Juniperus bermudiana, a species of juniper endemic to Bermuda
- Chilean cedar, Austrocedrus chilensis
- Chinese cedarwood oil comes from Cupressus funebris, the Chinese weeping cypress
- Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, a species of cypress endemic to the Cederberg mountains of South Africa
- Eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, a species of juniper native to eastern North America
- Eastern white cedar, also northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis, native to eastern North America.
- Calocedrus, the incense cedars, a genus native to western North America, Eastern Asia
- Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica; known as 杉 (Sugi) in Japanese
- Juniperus cedrus, Spanish: cedro de Canarias, cedro
- Mexican white cedar, Cupressus lusitanica, a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America
- Mountain cedar, source of Texas cedarwood oil and abundant allergenic pollen, Juniperus ashei, an evergreen shrub native to northeastern Mexico and the south central United States
- New Zealand cedar, Libocedrus bidwillii
- Persian cedar, Cupressus sempervirens
- Port Orford-cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, or Lawson cypress, California, Oregon
- Prickly cedar, sharp cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, native to the Mediterranean region
- Western red cedar, Thuja plicata, a cypress of the Pacific northwest
- Yellow cedar, Cupressus nootkatensis, also called Alaska cedar
Family Meliaceae
- Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata
- Cigar-box cedar, Cedrela
- Australian red cedar, Toona ciliata
- Ceylon cedar or Melia azedarach, a species of deciduous tree native to India, southern China and Australia
Other families
- Bay cedar, Suriana (Surianaceae)
- Running cedar or ground cedar, various species of clubmosses (Lycopodiopsida) in the genus Diphasiastrum
- Saltcedar, Tamarix (Caryophyllaceae)
- Stinking cedar, Torreya taxifolia (Cephalotaxaceae)
- Warren River cedar or native cedar, Taxandria juniperina (Myrtaceae)
- White cedar, Tabebuia heterophylla (Bignoniaceae)
References
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