Red Cedar Wood Tree
Juniperus virginiana known as red cedar eastern redcedar virginian juniper eastern juniper red juniper pencil cedar and aromatic cedar is a species of juniper native to eastern north america from southeastern canada to the gulf of mexico and east of the great plains.
Red cedar wood tree. Toona ciliata is a forest tree in the mahogany family which grows throughout southern asia from afghanistan to papua new guinea and australia. It is commonly known as the red cedar a name shared by other trees toon or toona also applied to other members of the genus toona australian red cedar burma cedar indian cedar moulmein cedar or the queensland red cedar. In tree form it is more commonly called eastern redcedar while the wood itself is usually referred to as aromatic red cedar. Scientifically known as juniperus virginiana eastern red cedar belongs to the cypress family as well.
Further west it is replaced by the related juniperus scopulorum rocky mountain juniper and to the southwest by. Also known as cedrus. Western red cedar is a popular ornamental and hedge tree in north america and great britain. However there are some trees that reach 100 m or taller.
Western red cedar wood is considered the most valuable of all softwoods because of its fine straight grain color flexibility and strength in proportion to weight however the most important property of cedar wood is its high impermeability to liquids and its natural phenol preservatives which make it ideally suited for. Eastern red cedar wood.