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Thuja plicata

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q147417
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Summary

Thuja plicata is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,294 views/month, #1,212 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Thuja[5]
  • Taxon name: Thuja plicata[6]
  • Commons category: Thuja plicata[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Thuja plicata[8]
  • Commons gallery: Thuja plicata[9]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[10]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36593[11]
  • This taxon is source of: western redcedar[12]
  • Short name: T. plicata[13]
  • Taxon common name: Western Redcedar[14], Western Red-cedar[15], Thuya géant[16], Reuzenlevensboom[17], Kæmpe-Thuja[18], Riesen-Lebensbaum[19], Jättituija[20], Tuya[21], Tuia xigante[22], Tuja azijska golema[23], cedrwydden goch[24], ベイスギ[25], Żywotnik olbrzymi[26], Boylu mazı[27]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[28]

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Identifiers

Thuja plicata's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48252[29]. Thuja plicata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3316[30]. Thuja plicata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1034889[31]. Thuja plicata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2684171[32]. Thuja plicata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18044[33].

Why It Matters

Thuja plicata has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → thuja-plicata
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ph1304939
    The oregon encyclopedia id → western_red_cedar
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The oregon encyclopedia id: western_red_cedar, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83141766|Western red cedar (#83141766)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/296"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    This taxon is source of → western redcedar
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536582105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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