Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) has a distinct symmetrical shape and can get up to 90 feet tall in its native habitat. Many birds depend on insects that live on Incense Cedar, including woodpeckers, brown creepers, red-breasted nuthatches, and golden-crowned kinglets. Birds use the dense foliage for nesting in the summer and shelter in the winter. This tree is also the preferred host of a wood wasp, Syntexis libocedrii, a living fossil species which lays its eggs in the smoldering wood immediately after a forest fire.
Classification: Perennial Key Characteristics: Fragrant leaves, cones Light Requirements: Full sun Water Requirements: Dry soil Ease of Growing: High Growth Rate: Slow Bloom Time: January Spreads: No Benefits: Wildlife, Wildfire resistant, Deer resistant, On Portland Plant List Edible: No Mature Height: 90 feet Mature Width: 30 feet
