Thuja occidentalis
Northern White Cedar, American arbor-vitae, False White Cedar, Arbor-vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arbor-vitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Eastern White Cedar, Eastern White-cedar, Northern White-cedar, Swamp Cedar, Tree Of Life, White Cedar, White-cedar, Northern-white-cedar, Swamp-cedar, Northern Whitecedar, American arborvitae, Eastern Whitecedar, Giizhik (Giizhikaatig, Gi'jîkandag), Giizhik, Giizhikaandag, Giizhikenh, Gizhikens, Songup, Thuja occidentalis
Description
Elegant-looking tree, medium to large in size when mature. Slender habit with a compact, almost columnar conical crown and close branching. It has scaly, shiny green leaves with golden highlights; flowers discreetly and not very ornamental in spring. The reddish-brown bark peels off in strips. Solid rooting, medium deep and widespread in the soil. Very hardy, adapts to climatic variations, even in urban climates and parks. It prefers clay and sandy, drained soils but grows well in all soil types.
It belongs to the coniferous group that lends itself to widespread, multifunctional, ornamental and landscape use. Resistant to disease, it does not require pruning. It must never be topped or pruned. Includes many varieties with different foliage colours.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Pinophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Cupressales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Thuja
- Species
- Thuja occidentalis
Synonyms (28)
- Cupressus arborvitae
- Cupressus nobleana
- Juniperus ericoides
- Retinispora devriesiana
- Retinispora dubia
- Retinispora ellwangeriana
- Retinispora glaucescens
- Retinispora keteleeri
- Retinispora meldensis
- Retinispora nobleana
- Retinispora pygmaea
- Retinispora troubetzkoyana
- Thuja bodmeri
- Thuja canadensis
- Thuja caucasica
- Thuja compacta
- Thuja ellwangeriana
- Thuja ericoides
- Thuja globosa
- Thuja hoveyi
- Thuja obtusa
- Thuja odorata
- Thuja recurvata-nana
- Thuja sibirica
- Thuja tatarica
- Thuja triangularis
- Thuja variegata
- Thuja vervaeneana
