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A diverse family of plants, containing about 30 genera and 130-140 species, including:
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All these are part of 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native 🌐︎ across the globe, except 🇦🇶 Antarctica. ▭ 🌎︎ Map (🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA) (colors).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
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🏠︎ California incense cedar Calocedrus decurrens Port Orford cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ◼︎ Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides cypress genus Cupressus ◼︎ Alaska yellow cedar Cupressus nootkatensis
juniper genus Juniperus common juniper Juniperus communis creeping juniper Juniperus horizontalis ◼︎ eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana
coast redwood/California redwood Sequoia sempervirens giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum
bald cypress Taxodium distichum ◼︎ northern white cedar / eastern arborvitae Thuja occidentalis ◼︎ western redcedar Thuja plicata