Tale of Two Cedars: International Symposium on Western Redcedar and Yellow-CedarIn 2010, an international symposium on western redcedar (Thuja plicata) and yellow-cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis [syn. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) was held at the Univ. of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. The symposium brought together experts to present cultural, biological, management and economic information on the two species. Although some papers or posters focused on just one of the cedars, many of the presenters covered both species and discussed the similarities and differences between them. This proceedings includes abstracts or short papers from all of the formal presentations or posters presented at the symposium. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication. |
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Alaska Anthony Island Armillaria average basal area biomass blocks British Columbia Callitropsis nootkatensis Cedars PNW-GTR-828 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis climate concentrations conifers Cowichan Lake Cupressaceae decay deer density diameter growth Douglas-fir Douglas-fir/hemlock ecological elevation epicormic branches extractives fertilization foliage Forest Service Forests and Range fungi genetic growing season harvesting heartwood height growth Hennon increased Ministry of Forests monoterpene mortality Northwest Research Station nutrient old-growth ostoyae overstory Pacific Northwest Pacific Northwest Research Phellinus weirii planted plicata Donn ex plicatic acid plots pollen populations Prescott productivity pruning rates redcedar and Douglas-fir redcedar and yellow-cedar redcedar Thuja plicata response root seedlings significant silvicultural Sitka spruce soil stem Tale temperature Thuja plicata Donn thujaplicin treatment tree species Tsuga heterophylla Vancouver Island variables Victoria Washington weirii western hemlock western red western redcedar Thuja western redcedar/hemlock wood yellow yellow-cedar decline yellow-cedar trees zone