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Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, [1] eastern white-cedar, [2] or arborvitae, [2] [3] is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States. [3] [4] It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.
T. plicata is an important tree to the First Nations people of the Pacific Northwest and is sometimes called "Canoe Tree" because of its use as a material for Native American canoes. [citation needed] Oil of Thuja contains the terpene thujone which has been studied for its GABA receptor antagonizing effects, with potentially lethal properties. [26]
Thuja: arborvitae; Thuja occidentalis: eastern arborvitae Cupressaceae (cypress family) Thuja plicata: giant arborvitae Cupressaceae (cypress family) Pinaceae: pine family; Abies: fir trees; Abies alba: European silver fir Pinaceae (pine family) Abies amabilis: Pacific silver fir Pinaceae (pine family) Abies balsamea: balsam fir Pinaceae (pine ...
The bark is dark, thick, and furrowed longitudinally. The leaves are stiff and leathery, with the tops shiny dark green and the bottoms pale gray and very tightly tomentose , simple and typically flattish with bony-opaque margins, with a length of 2–15 centimetres ( 3 ⁄ 4 –6 inches) and a width of 1–5 cm ( 3 ⁄ 8 –2 in), borne ...
The best evergreen trees include many more options than Christmas trees and needle-shedding pines. Just like annuals and perennials, evergreens come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.
Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar in the U.S. [2] or western red cedar in the UK, [3] and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood. [4]