Thuja occidentalis, also known as听northern white-cedar,听eastern white-cedar,听辞谤听补谤产辞谤惫颈迟补别,听is an听听听, in the cypress family听, which is听听to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States.听It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is not to be confused with听 (eastern red cedar).
Description
Unlike the closely related听听(Thuja plicata), northern white cedar is only a small or medium-sized tree, growing to a height of 15听m (49听ft) tall with a 0.9听m (3.0听ft) trunk diameter, exceptionally to 38 metres (125听ft) tall and 1.8 metres (5.9听ft) diameter.听The tree is often stunted or prostrate in less favorable locations. The听听is red-brown, furrowed and peels in narrow, longitudinal strips. Northern white cedar has fan-like branches and scaly leaves. The听听forms in flat sprays with scale-like听听3鈥�5 millimetres (1鈦�8鈥�3鈦�16听in) long.
The听听are slender, yellow-green, ripening to brown,听9鈥�14 millimetres (3鈦�8鈥�9鈦�16听in) long and听4鈥�5 millimetres (5鈦�32鈥�3鈦�16听in) broad,[]听with six to eight overlapping scales. They contain about eight seeds each.听The branches may take root if the tree falls.
