{{Short description|None}} {{Redirect|Cedarwood|the listed building in Liverpool, England|Cedarwood (house)}} '''Cedar''' is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the genus ''Cedrus''.

Some botanical authorities consider the Old-World ''Cedrus'' the only "true cedars".<ref>{{cite web|title=''Cedrus'' - The True Cedars|url=https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/13688|publisher=U.S. Forest Service}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wood-database.com/cedar-confusion/|title=Cedar Confusion | publisher = The Wood Database | website=www.wood-database.com/ |access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref> Many other species worldwide with similarly aromatic wood, including several species of genera ''Calocedrus'', ''Thuja'', and ''Chamaecyparis'' in the Pacific Northwest of North America, are referred to as "false cedars".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://treespnw.forestry.oregonstate.edu/conifer_genera/false_cedars.html|title=False Cedars (Calocedrus, Thuja, Chamaecyparis)|publisher=Oregon State University}}</ref> {{TOCRIGHT}} Plants called "cedar" include:

== Family Pinaceae == *''Cedrus'', common English name cedar, a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae **''Cedrus libani'', the Lebanon cedar, native to Lebanon, western Syria and south-central Turkey **''Cedrus atlantica'', the Atlas cedar, native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria **''Cedrus deodara'', the Deodar cedar, native to the western Himalayas **''Cedrus brevifolia'', the Cyprus cedar, found in the island of Cyprus' Cedar Valley in the Troodos Mountains *''Pinus sibirica'', the Siberian pine, occasionally erroneously referred to as "Siberian cedar"

== Family Cupressaceae == *Atlantic white cedar, ''Chamaecyparis thyoides'' *Bermuda cedar, ''Juniperus bermudiana'', a species of juniper endemic to Bermuda *Chilean cedar, ''Austrocedrus chilensis'' *Chinese cedarwood oil comes from ''Cupressus funebris'', the Chinese weeping cypress *Clanwilliam cedar, ''Widdringtonia cedarbergensis'', a species of cypress endemic to the Cederberg mountains of South Africa *Eastern red cedar, ''Juniperus virginiana'', a species of juniper native to eastern North America *Eastern white cedar, also northern white cedar, ''Thuja occidentalis'', native to eastern North America. *''Calocedrus'', the incense cedars, a genus native to western North America, Eastern Asia *Japanese cedar, ''Cryptomeria japonica''; known as 杉 (''Sugi'') in Japanese *{{lang|la|Juniperus cedrus}}, {{langx|es|cedro de Canarias}}, {{lang|es-IC|cedro}} *Mexican white cedar, ''Cupressus lusitanica'', a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America *Mountain cedar, source of Texas cedarwood oil and abundant allergenic pollen, ''Juniperus ashei'', an evergreen shrub native to northeastern Mexico and the south central United States *New Zealand cedar, ''Libocedrus bidwillii'' *Persian cedar, ''Cupressus sempervirens'' *Port Orford-cedar, ''Chamaecyparis lawsoniana'', or Lawson cypress, California, Oregon *Prickly cedar, sharp cedar, ''Juniperus oxycedrus'', native to the Mediterranean region *Western red cedar, ''Thuja plicata'', a cypress of the Pacific northwest *Yellow cedar, ''Cupressus nootkatensis'', also called Alaska cedar

== Family Meliaceae == *Spanish cedar, ''Cedrela odorata'' *Cigar-box cedar, ''Cedrela'' *Australian red cedar, ''Toona ciliata'' *Ceylon cedar or ''Melia azedarach'', a species of deciduous tree native to India, southern China and Australia

== Other families == *Bay cedar, ''Suriana'' (Surianaceae) *Running cedar or ground cedar, various species of clubmosses in the genus ''Diphasiastrum'' (Lycopodiaceae) *Saltcedar, ''Tamarix'' (Caryophyllaceae) *Stinking cedar, ''Torreya taxifolia'' (Cephalotaxaceae) *Warren River cedar or native cedar, ''Taxandria juniperina'' (Myrtaceae) *White cedar, ''Tabebuia heterophylla'' (Bignoniaceae)

==References== {{Reflist}}

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