BOTANICAL NAME

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS

COMMON NAME

American Arbovitae

PRONUNCIATION

THOOG - ah ok - si - den -TALE - is

Growth habit

ShrubTree

Plant size

Height 3’ - 60’Width 3’ - 15’

EXPOSURE

Sun

Site conditions

Moist

ZONES

2 - 8

Life cycle

Evergreen

Leaf arrangement

Scales

Leaf shape

Scales

Leaf margin

Scales

Leaf modifications

Scale-like

Leaf surface

VEINS

COMPOSITION

Stem modification

Flower shape

InsignificantYellow

FRUIT

Green with no hooksCone

GROWTH

Slow/medium

NATIVE OF:

Eastern North America

USE

Specimen Foundation

DESCRIPTIONUsually has a single main stem

Small scale like leaves hugging the twigs; abruptly pointed

DESCRIPTIONBranchlets flat but turned every direction

Green (flat) in summer; yellowish brown in winter