We have two common cedar species here but only west of the Cascades. Most common is western red & it is everywhere in the western third of the state. There used to be Port Orford cedar on the south coast but almost all if it is gone from logging. South in the area near & along the California border is the less common incense cedar. Posts of that can be functional for as long as 80 years. Oregon State University, the state’s main engineering and agriscience school had incese cedar posts last as long as 85 years in tests that spanned generations. Red cerdar would rot out in as little as 10. Hence we built a small greenhous using the incense species.

I’d guess the colloquial way we refer to these tree species leads to some confusion. What we call juniper grows only in exposed areas often in rocky soil where it is hot & dry all summer & bitter cold & windy in winter. They live, if they survive hundreds of years. It is legal to fell dead juniper in the various national forests of eastern Oregon. I’ve only been in Missouri during summer months so as you would know no fire was needed.

We have two common cedar species here but only west of the Cascades. Most common is western red & it is everywhere in the western third of the state. There used to be Port Orford cedar on the south coast but almost all if it is gone from logging. South in the area near & along the California border is the less common incense cedar. Posts of that can be functional for as long as 80 years. Oregon State University, the state’s main engineering and agriscience school had incese cedar posts last as long as 85 years in tests that spanned generations. Red cerdar would rot out in as little as 10. Hence we built a small greenhous using the incense species.

I’d guess the colloquial way we refer to these tree species leads to some confusion. What we call juniper grows only in exposed areas often in rocky soil where it is hot & dry all summer & bitter cold & windy in winter. They live, if they survive hundreds of years. It is legal to fell dead juniper in the various national forests of eastern Oregon. I’ve only been in Missouri during summer months so as you would know no fire was needed.