NameThatPlant.net: Thuja occidentalis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thuja occidentalis FAMILY Cupressaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Thuja from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thuja occidentalis FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 018-02-001:

Thuja occidentalis FAMILY Cupressaceae

COMMON NAME:
American Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Flat Cedar, Eastern Arborvitae

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thuja occidentalis FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thuja occidentalis FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 018-02-001:
Thuja occidentalis FAMILY Cupressaceae

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry limestone, dolostone, and calcareous sandstone cliffs, talus, and boulderfields, rarely in our area in calcareous swamps, also planted and persisting around old homesites and cemeteries (mainly in the Mountains), per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

"FLOWER":
Spring
Unisexual

Flowers solitary, terminal

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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