The Properties of Cedar Wood
Hello,
Just wanted to let you all know that you have a picture of Red Cedar on this page, then your description of cedars mentions only the genus Cedrus, of which Red Cedar is not a member. Red cedar is not a "true" Cedar and is not in fact even in the pineceae family. It is in the Cupressaceae or "Cypress" family where most trees North Americans consider to be "Cedar" reside. I'm curious, where does "Cedar" lumber in North America come from? Which tree? North America has no native or naturalized true cedars so is wood here marked "Cedar" all Juniper? That is the answer I was looking for when I came to this site, it seems hard to find online.
Dylan Linet
Thank you for your observation. We suggest you contact the original author of this article, G&S Specialist timber. Please refer to their profile page (found here: G&S Specialist Timber) for contact information.
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