Western red cedar: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	canoe cedar • Pacific red cedar • western arborvitae • giant arborvitae • Thuja plicata

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Western red cedar trees

Western red cedar

Western red cedar

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

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arborvitae red cedar canoe cedar American arborvitae

Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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