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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Highway 199, near Hazel View Summit.
Altitude: 2,000 feet.
California
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Northern Siskiyou Mts., West of Gold Beach.
Oregon
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Siskiyou Mts., South of Powers.
Oregon
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This is the worlds largest Port Orford Cedar. It is located south of Powers, Oregon, in the Coquille Falls Research Natural Area, in the Northern Siskiyou Mountains. It measures 12 feet in diameter, and is 229 feet tall. Several other very large Cedars are near by including the forth largest for the species. The second and third largest trees can also be found within the Natural Area. They are growing with Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Abies grandis and a few Pinus lambertiana.
Oregon
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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The fourth largest Port Orford Cedar, growing very near the world largest.
Near Powers.
Oregon
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Growing along the Sacramento River, near Mt.Shasta. This is the most in-land stand, being separated from the main distribution near the coast. These trees are growing with an amazing variety of conifers, including: Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus attenuata, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus monticola, Pinus contorta murrayana, Abies lowiana, Abies magnifica shastensis (growing near by at top of ridge), Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga mertensiana (near Gumboot Lake) and Calocedrus decurrens.
If you travel within a 10 mile radius, you can find six more species with include: Pinus albicaulis and Pinus balfouriana (on top of Mt Eddy), Picea breweriana (on Calstle Crags), Juniperus occidentalis (in Shasta Valley), Taxus brevifolia and Juniperus communis, for a total of 18 species. Port Orford Cedar reaches its highest elevation in this area, growing within the lower reaches of the sub-alpine forest at over 5,500 feet. Heavy winter snow falls in this area and temperature can drop to below zero °F.
California

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8 November 2003
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