Silvical characteristics of atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)

Abstract

Atlantic white-cedar ((Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) B.S.P.) has been a highly prized species since Colonial times because of the durability and high quality of its wood. The wood has been used for many purposes: boat boards, shingles and lath, framing, house and boat finish, pails and tanks, cabin logs, posts, and poles. Good white-cedar has always commanded good prices. The highest valuations in the Northeast apparently date to about a century ago, when good stands are reported to have sold for $400 to $1,000 per acre. Prices around 1830 in New Jersey ranged from $100 t o $300 - about the same as today's appraisals of $150 to $300 per acre.