According to Rob :
Chris Lewis wrote:
According to Rob :


I have seen the specimen tree called the Atlas Cedar you mention in
specialized landscapes, but it is very rare in the US since it is not a
native species. Technically, there are no native cedars in the eastern US.

I'm familiar with the tree you describe as it grows here and it is
called arborvitae here. Not to be technical but it also is not a true
cedar, just a species that is mis-named as a "cedar".

Ah, you're going for the super pedantic view ;-)

By that measure (cedar == members of the Genus cedrus), there are no cedars
native to the western hemisphere - they're all in the Himalayas and
Mediterranean area.

In "normal" usage, in North America, "cedar" refers to the genus "Thuja". Western
Red Cedar and Eastern White cedar are both Thuja. So, if western red cedar
is a "cedar" in your terminology, then eastern white cedar is too.

Eastern Red Cedar, on the other hand, is a member of genus "Juniperus". Juniper.

Just to confuse things completely, the other "cedar" in North America is
"Port Orford Cedar", but, it's not a cedar, nor a thuja nor even a juniper.
It's genus Chamaecyparis, and is a form of cypress tree.

In north America "Cedar closets" and "cedar chests" are made with eastern red
cedar (ie: _juniper_, not cedar). Vastly more aromatic than Thuja.
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