Ian Thomas measured a western red cedar in North Vancouver, B.C., to be somewhere between 4.8 to 5.8 metres in diameter. Big-tree searcher Colin Spratt stands by a western red cedar in North Vancouver's Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. forestry professor Robert Guy, large western red cedars host "ecosystems in most of their branches." The previous top seven in the registry are all on Vancouver Island, the widest being a six-metre western red cedar in Pacific Rim National Park. "Red cedar has been showing more signs of distress in recent years than other ... species in times of drought," he said.

Source: CBC News July 02, 2022 17:40 UTC