Yellow cedar is declining in British Columbia and elsewhere in the species range. This is a result of root die-off, which is a result of climate change, and particularly affects cedars growing at low elevation sites close to the coast, which are more exposed and have
more variation in elevation. Learn about yellow-cedar (
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) in British Columbia .
Read about research on the die-off on the Biodiversity of BC website.
The drooping branches of yellow cedar are distinctive.
Reference
Wooton, Claire E. and Brian Klinkenberg.
2011. A Landscape-level analysis of yellow-cedar decline in coastal
British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41 (8):
1638-1648.
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