Calocedrus decurrens (species)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Plantae (kingdom) > Coniferophyta (division) > Pinopsida (class) > Pinales (order) > Cupressaceae (family) > Calocedrus (genus)
Descripción
Species native to western North America, from central western Oregon to northwest Mexico. It reaches heights of 40-60 m and a trunk diameter of up to 3 m, having a broad conic crown of spreading branches. This tree is the preferred host of a wood wasp, Syntexis libocedrii which lays its eggs in the smoldering wood immediately after a forest fire.
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Otros términos
- California incense cedar (species) [en]
- Libocedrus decurrens (species) [en]