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The tree is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] It is currently the largest known Western redcedar in the world, [2] (compare to the Cheewhat Giant on Canada's Vancouver Island. [3] After the death in 2016 of the Quinault Big Cedar, the Duncan Cedar became the largest known Western redcedar in the United States ...
Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar in the U.S. [2] or western red cedar in the UK, [3] and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood. [4]
The tree was discovered in 1988 within the already established Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.It was named after nearby Cheewhat Lake. [3] With the death of the (17,650 cu ft (500 m 3)) Quinault Lake Cedar in 2016, [4] the Cheewhat Lake tree became the world's largest living Western redcedar.
Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States Western North America [15] Yellow meranti (Richetia faguetiana) [note 1] 97.58 320.1 Menara: Flowering plant: Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia on Borneo island Southeast Asia [16] Believed to be tallest tree in Asia until 2023 discovery of 102.3 metres (336 ft) cypress in Tibet. [6]
In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2] Tree volumes and weights are not directly measured in the field, but computed from other variables that can be measured. [3] [4]
A 1993 Forest Service study estimated the extent of old growth in the forest at 312,000 acres (1,260 km 2). [5] In descending order of land area, the forest is located in parts of Grant, Harney, Baker, and Malheur counties. [6] There are three ranger districts in the forest, with offices in John Day, Prairie City, and Hines.
U.S. Forest Service The Clackamas Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Mount Hood National Forest in the northwestern Cascades of Oregon , United States . Created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 , it consists of 9,470 acres (3,830 ha).
The forest's dominant tree species is the Douglas-fir, the state tree of Oregon. Douglas-fir is a valuable timber species in the United States. The forest contains some stands of old-growth forest, some of which are over 300 feet (91 m) tall, among the tallest trees in the world, with tree diameters ranging from 3 to 8 feet (0.91 to 2.44 m). [10]