Height to:	60 m	Diameter to:	3.0 m
Weight:	Seasoned (12% mc) approx. 450 kg/m³	Bark:	Grey to brown, scaly
Wood Colour:	Light to dark red	Flowers:	White to pale pink. October - December
Texture:	Very soft and open, easy to work, distinctive odour.
Adult Leaves:	Dark glossy green. Ovate to lanceolate 7-12 cm long. Deciduous

This tree was once the pride of the east coast rainforests from the Shoalhaven River (south of Sydney) to Cape York. Apart from the physical beauty and ease of working of the timber, the early settlers, with only axes at their disposal, would presumably have preferred to cut down a tree that was huge, soft, easily transportable to market by a bullock team than, say, a huge hard to cut, heavy Rosewood tree.

Red cedar needs a relatively dark environment in which to grow up in such as its natural environment, a rainforest. The 'Red Cedar Tip Moth' can hinder the growth of the Australian Red Cedar which is one of the reasons it is almost impossible to grow it as a plantation tree. It's timber, therefore, is worth a small fortune today.