Talk:Lawson's cypress

Port Orford cedar is the most commonly used vernacular name, despite the lack of relationship to Cedrus. This is another example of why I think the scientific names are more useful. WormRunner 02:02, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Very true! I downgraded these uses of 'cedar' (here and in other species) for things which aren't cedars, in the hope that the younger generations to come might be weaned off using these historical identification errors - I suspect that will be easier than getting everyone to use scientific names. The nursery industry (in the US as well as elsewhere) uses Lawson's cypress quite widely; it is primarily the US forestry industry that is wedded to 'redneck' traditionalism rather than science & education, with using inaccurate archaic names MPF 22:26, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Whew! The issue as I see it is that virtually no-one in the area where the tree grows would call it Lawson's Cypress.  To call them all "rednecks" is a gratuitous insult.  Clearly you wish to mold the language into a certain standard, and I wish to respect the creative nature of a vernacular language and leave the precision to the Linnaean system.  So be it.  Please don't misunderstand.  Your articles are great, and your approach may convert the language eventually.  Only time will tell.  WormRunner 04:53, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)