Largest Cedar
This data was collected by Robert Van Pelt and is from his book, Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast.

Largest recorded western red cedar had a slow tapering single stem trunk over 22' in diameter. Darius Kinsey Collecion, Whatcom Museum of History & Art...Courtesy Robert Van Pelt

Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)

Rank Height Dbh Volume Name, Location, Notes-- (m) (feet) (m) (feet) (mł) (ftł) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 53.0 174.0 5.94 19.5 500 17,650 Quinalt Lake Cedar, Quinalt Lake Rain Forest-Olympic National Park.Nominated in 1941 by F.W. Matias as AFA champion. Barely alive. Largest tree outside California and New Zealand. 2 55.5 182.0 5.84 19.2 449 15,870 Cheewhat Lake Cedar, West Coast Vancouver Island-Pacific Rim National Park. 3 52.1 171.0 5.65 18.5 434 15,330 Nolan Creek Cedar, Nolan Creek. Washing State Department of Natural Resources land, SW Washington. 4 59.4 195.0 5.50 18.0 351 12,410 Willaby Creek Tree, Quinalt Lake Rain Forest-Olympic National Park. 5 37.5 123.0 5.99 19.6 350 12,370 Kalaloch Cedar, Olympic National Park. Highway 101 Coastal Strip. 6 46.9 146.0 5.54 18.5 293 10,350 Big Mother Cedar, Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. 7 44.5 146.0 5.91 19.4 292 10,320 Stoltman Cedar, Kennedy Lake-Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. Discovered by the late Randy Stoltmann 8 46.9 154.0 5.27 17.3 292 10,310 Niawiakum Giant, Headwaters of the Niawiakum River. Weyerhaeuser land, SW Washington. 9 45.7 150.0 5.64 18.5 278 9,810 Seal Slough Cedar, Headwaters of the Niawiakum River. Weyerhaeuser land, SW Washington. Area is total clear cut accept for the giant cedar. Tree now barely alive. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Incense Cedar
(Calocedrus decurrens)

Rank Height Dbh Volume Name, Location, Notes-- (m) (feet) (m) (feet) (mł) (ftł) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 50.3 165.0 3.78 12.4 223 7,860 Devil's Canyon Colossus, Devil's Canyon Basin, Marble Mountain WildernessNearly twice the size of closest competitor. Possible larger 15' dbh specimen in Siskyous not yet verified. 2 41.8 137.0 3.94 12.9 123 4,350 Tannen Lakes Titan, East shore of Tannen Lake, near Red Buttes Wilderness, Cal/Oregon border. 3 43.0 141.0 2.77 9.1 82 2,890 Big Bear Cedar, Trinity Alps Wilderness, Bear Creek. Grows a few hundred yards past Bear Creek Twin giant ponderosa. 4 43.6 143 2.84 9.3 75 2,640 Lonesome Meadow Monarch, Lonesome Meadow, Rogue-Umpqua Divide, Southern Oregon ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yellow Cedar
(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)

Rank Height Dbh Volume Name, Location, Notes-- (m) (feet) (m) (feet) (mł) (ftł) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 46.9 154.0 3.31 10.9 188 6,650 Admiral Broeren, Memekay Rivery Valley, Vancoucer Island, BC 2 61.0 200.0 4.16 13.7 175 6,200 Sergeant RandAlly, Crown Land north of Campbell River, Vancoucer Island, BC. 3 39.3 129.0 3.65 12.0 128 4,530 Big Creek Cedar, Big Creek Trail near Lake Quinalt, Olympic National Park, WA 4 45.1 148.0 3.32 10.9 128 4,520 General Buxton, Kelsey Bay. Crown Land, TFL#39. Vancouver Island, BC 5 39.6 130.0 2.28 7.5 103 3,650 Cypress Park Cedar, Cypress Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, BC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Port Orford Cedar
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)

Rank Height Dbh Volume Name, Location, Notes-- (m) (feet) (m) (feet) (mł) (ftł) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 69.8 229.0 3.65 12.0 142 5,020 Elk Creek Champion, Elk Creek, Coquille River Valley, Oregon. 2 62.8 206.0 2,75 9.0 102 3,610 Coquille Falls Tree, Coquille River Valley, Oregon. 3 71.6 235.0 2.60 8.5 86 3,020 Survivor, Coquille River Valley, Oregon. 4 69.5 228.0 2.56 8.4 84 2,970 Neighbor, Coquille River Valley, Oregon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------