The campus is perched on the banks of the Red Cedar River. Their long houses were made of planks made from red cedar trees. Rice Lake is along the Red Cedar River. Women produced traditional costumes by weaving red cedar. Other high-grading has concentrated on stands of Alaska cedar and red cedar. Ancient Makah lived in villages, inhabiting large longhouses made from western red cedar. It is about 1/3 heavier than dried western red cedar. Modern clapboards are available in red cedar and pine. Some places have surprisingly luxuriant forests dominated by Douglas-fir and western red cedar. The Pacific Northwest canoes are a dugouts usually made of red cedar. Approximately 5% of workers are allergic to western red cedar. Mature bur oaks dominate, with scattered birch, elm, hawthorn, and red cedar. The oldest part of campus lies on the Red Cedar river's north bank. Old pastures are usually colonized with Eastern red cedar. The cutting of Australian red cedar had started in the area by 1842.