Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Wierookseder, California incense cedar

Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress)

Synonym: Thuja craigiana, Thuja decurrens

Distribution: Western U.S.

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Comments: The Native Americans of California used the plant in traditional medicine, basket making, hunting bows, building materials, and to produce fire by friction