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| | Wallace W Hansen Native Plants of the Northwest Calocedrus decurrens (Incense Cedar, California Post Cedar) Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | One of the principal trees of the California forest, the natural habitat of Calocedrus decurrens begins in the north on the dry southeast slope of Mt. Hood, south through the Cascades of Oregon into California, where it stretches west to the ocean, east to Nevada and south to Baja. |
 | | Calocedrus decurrens has been planted with success to control erosion in mountainous areas, and in Los Angeles County it has been successfully used on road fills, and along streams from 2,000’-6,000.’ |
 | | As with the other native false-cedars of the west coast, all parts of Calocedrus decurrens were used for some purpose by indigenous peoples. |
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