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4 unusual facts about red cedar


Maestro guitars

Many different variables of tone woods are used in Maestro’s line of ukuleles, including Flame maple, acacia koa, Red Cedar, Cocobolo, Java Rosewood and Granadillo.

Red Cedar

Toona sureni, a tree in the mahogany family native from South Asia to Papua New Guinea

Toona ciliata, an tree in the mahogany family native to Asia and Australia

Thuja plicata, a western North American tree in the cypress family


Allyn River

The course of the river flows through World Heritage listed high altitude rainforest, noted for its Antarctic Beech; and then through lower altitude subtropical rainforest, including trees such as Red Cedar and Small leaf fig.

Bunya Mountains

Parts of the forest were once logged for various timbers including red cedar, bunya pine and hoop pine.

City of Caloundra

In 1868, the Queensland Government opened up large areas of land for settlement in the Caloundra area which became home to pioneers and timber cutters seeking red cedar wood.

Esk–Hampton Road

Prior to European settlement the rich volcanic soil on the ridge supported a sub-tropical rainforest, which contained timbers that were in high demand, including red cedar, tallowwood and hoop pine.

L’Égaré II

They were able to obtain from a local timber merchant nine seasoned red cedar logs, 18 inches in diameter.

Lake Barrine

The surrounding rainforest contains giant kauri (Agathis microstachya), Red cedar trees and flowering umbrella trees (Schefflera actinophylla).

Mount Superbus

Red cedar and other valuable timbers were also heavily logged in the area.

Nerang, Queensland

With an abundant supply of red cedar amongst other tree species, the first industry to flourish in the area was timber cutting.

Parliament House, Sydney

Both chairs are made from red cedar, the vice-regal chair in 1856 and the president's chair in 1886.

Redland Bay, Queensland

Particularly rich was the soil of the Redland Bay District which is said to have had lush rainforest complete with prized red cedar.

Yatteyattah Nature Reserve

Significant tree species include Red Cedar, Myrtle Ebony, Deciduous Fig, Citronella, Silver Quandong, Whalebone Tree and Bollygum, many of which are near their southernmost limit of natural distribution.


see also

Bart Baxter

He has been published in Ergo, Seattle Review, Red Cedar Review, The Ohio Poetry Review and Raven Chronicles.

Colfax, Wisconsin

The Red Cedar Sounds, an award-winning chapter of Sweet Adelines International is based in Colfax.

Miller v. Schoene

The State entomologist in Virginia acting under the Cedar Rust Act of Virginia ordered the plaintiffs' ornamental red cedar trees growing on the plaintiffs' property to be removed to prevent the spread of rust disease to nearby apple orchards.

Syntexis

It has the remarkable behavior of ovipositing only in recently burnt incense-cedar (Calocedrus), red cedar (Thuja) or juniper (Juniperus); the wood is often still smoldering when the wasp is laying its eggs, and the larvae develop in the wood.

Theophilus C. Abbot

Abbot Hall (attached to Mason Hall) in the Red Cedar residential complex is named in his honor, as is Abbot Road in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

Wisconsin Highway 64

After passing the Hay Creek Public Hunting Grounds, WIS 64 crosses the Red Cedar River before crossing into Chippewa County.