Thuja occidentalis
	American Arborvitae, White Cedar
		5 to 7
	Canada provinces to Southern Pennsylvania - United States
	Dense, broadly pyramidal with short ascending branches to the ground.
	40-60 feet tall with a spread of 10-15 feet
	Plants are monoecious
	Leaves are scale-like, abruptly pointed with conspicuous glands, dark green above, pale green below.
	Bark is reddish-brown, fissured into narrow ridges. Branchlets are alternate, compressed into horizontal sprays.
	Cones are oblong, light brown, ½ inch long, with 8-10 scales, appearing like a wooden rose.
	'Booth Globe' - low and compact with large leaves - broader than tall 'Compacta' - Parson's Compact Arborvitae - pyramidal and dense 'Compacta Erecta' - semi-dwarf pyramidal plant. 'Fastigiata' - branches are short, narrowly upright, probably growing to about 25 feet tall 'Hetz Midget' - extremely slow growth - globe shaped 'George Peabody' - grows tall and pyramidal - keeps its good color throughout the full growing season into the fall 'Pumila', named many years ago and called “Little Gem,” but as the plants have shown a tendency to grow larger, the term “Little Gem” has been dropped. 'Rheingold' - cone shaped with bright yellow foliage, both juvenile and mature. It usually turns bronze in winter 'Robusta' - the Ware Arborvitae - low, dense pyramid of blue-green foliage - one of the hardiest forms and one of the last to discolor from winter burning 'Rosenthal' - only 7 feet tall - grows slowly - very dense and pyramidal in habit 'Sherman' - sport of the Ware Arborvitae - Pyramidal in growth - more winter-hardy than 'Robusta' 'Umbraculifera' - flat top - 4 feet by 4 feet, dense and rounded - “globe-shaped”while young 'Woodward' - densely globose form - tendency to spread out with age.

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