Talk:Thuja plicata

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---Wood Uses---

The Wood of Western Redcedar is used extensively in decks and fences as a premium product (the cheaper alternitives being spruce, pine or fir (SPF) or pressure treated. The wood of Thuja Plicata is quite resistant to rot and insect infestaion, which makes it a very valuable softwood. This should be mentioned somewhwre in the article.

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I removed the following as I felt it was out of place on this page. Perhaps it would fit in a page about Scotchbroom:

Scotchbroom also works very well, its bark can easily be striped and is very strong.You can use 3 long strips of it and interweive them, then soak them in water for a long time so the fibers wash out.This makes the rope more durable and last longer.

El Krem 23:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, you shouldn't call the tree a Western Red Cedar before you've explained that it can be called that... Legolasluvr 00:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)