User:Aditya.kancharla12345/Calocedrus decurrens

Essential Oils
The family of plants that the Calocedrus Decurrens is in, family Cupressaceae, can be utilized for the creation of essential oils. Antimicrobial properties are those properties of a substance that lower the levels of microbes, such as bacteria and viruses. Scientific studies have shown that these essential oils have "strong antimicrobial properties." These antimicrobial properties could potentially be used for therapies in developing countries, although they should undergo more testing and clinical trials before such measures are implemented.

Bird Foraging
For numerous birds during the wintertime, the Calocedrus Decurrens (incense cedar) has been seen to be used for foraging. Foraging is the activity of looking for and attaining food, and birds use many substrates for this activity. According to the USDA, in areas of the Western Sierra Nevada in California, numerous species of birds are thought to use the incense cedar as a "foraging substrate" so that they can attain as much food as needed. Despite this, the human impacts on these trees due to forest management practices have caused some issues for many of these birds, threatening their use as a forage substrate.