Surely "cedar" is three times (or better) worse.

Nah. You have true cypress, false cypress, summer cypress, bald cypress, pond
cypress, Montezuma cypress, Leland cypress, and who knows what?
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)