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  Eastern Arborvitae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The native range of eastern arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) is the southern part of the eastern half of Canada and the adjacent northern part of the U.S., extending south to western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in the Appalachian Mountains in U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zones 3b-7b.
Arborvitae is relatively shallow-rooted and isolated individuals are subject to windthrow and uprooting.
Eastern arborvitae is tolerant of moderate ozone levels in urban areas and of phenoxy herbicides such as 2,4-D used to control weeds in lawns.
www.agriculture.purdue.edu /fnr/html/faculty/Chaney/EasternArborvitae.html   (1742 words)

  
 Thuja occidentalis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thuja occidentalis, a species of thuja, is an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada, from central Saskatchewan east to New Brunswick, and south to eastern Tennessee in the Appalachian Mountains.
It is known as Eastern Arborvitae, American Arborvitae, or just Arborvitae, the latter particularly in the horticultural trade.
Eastern Arborvitae is very widely used as an ornamental tree, particularly for screens and hedges.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thuja_occidentalis   (469 words)

  
 Eastern Arborvitae - Plant of the Week
Arborvitaes are slow growing needle-leaf evergreen trees or shrubs that come in a bewildering array of shapes and sizes.
The Eastern Arborvitae is native to the upper reaches of the North Woods and is most abundant in a belt from Manitoba to Nova Scotia.
Arborvitae is a Latin name given to the tree by 16th century French botanists who first described it for science.
www.arhomeandgarden.org /plantoftheweek/articles/Eastern_Arborvitae.htm   (630 words)

  
 Arborvitae For The Home Landscape, HYG-1077-88
The Eastern arborvitae, American arborvitae or white cedar, Thuja occidentalis, is native throughout the northern half of eastern North America, especially in moist soil areas.
Arborvitae are small evergreen trees and shrubs with needle-like juvenile leaves and scale-like mature foliage and branchlets flattened in one plane.
Platycladus orientalis..........Oriental Arborvitae (formerly Thuja orientalis and Biota orientalis).
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/1000/1077.html   (697 words)

  
 Ohio Trees - Arborvitae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Arborvitae is found throughout eastern Canada, New England, and the northern states of the Eastern United States.
Arborvitae is perhaps the most popular evergreen consumed by deer and other mammals during winter, and its evergreen canopy provides cover for mammals and birds year-round.
The miniature leaves of Arborvitae are primarily scale-like, arranged in an overlapping, shingle-like fashion on the twigs.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/trees/arborvitae.htm   (641 words)

  
 Ohio Trees, Bulletin 700-00, Thuja – Arborvitae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Arborvitae are evergreen trees or shrubs with scaly bark and short-spreading or ascending branches.
The native arborvitae, also called white-cedar, is a pyramidal tree reaching 50 feet.
The arborvitae is found from southern Labrador, Canada, west to Manitoba, Canada, and Minnesota, and south to North Carolina.
ohioline.osu.edu /b700/b700_12.html   (336 words)

  
 American Arborvitae
Arborvitae are commonly used evergreen shrubs or trees useful in urban areas where low maintenance and durability is needed.
The form of Arborvitae and its cultivars is small, medium, or large depending on the cultivar.
Arborvitae that have roots growing from the drainage holes or circling the top of the pot are less desirable.
www.zone5trees.com /AmericanArborvitae.html   (2048 words)

  
 Arborvitae, Hemlock Tree, White Pine, Evergreen Tree, Spruce Tree, Dogwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Arborvitae also called White Cedar is a handsome pyramidal evergreen shrub or tree with foliage varying from dark green to light green during the growing season.
Arborvitae are widely used as a shrub hedge and can be grown so that the branches are so intertwined as to make an unpenetrateable fence.
Arborvitae is the tree of choice in northern areas for fencepost as the posts resist rotting.
www.porkyfarm.com /arbs.asp   (570 words)

  
 Arborvitae
The arborvitae is an evergreen tree or shrub from the cypress family.
The arborvitae has scale like leaves that are soft to the touch, rather than prickly.
Arborvitae trees can also be pruned into the shape of hedges, and make wonderful year round privacy screens.
www.aboutarborvitae.com   (196 words)

  
 arborvitae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Arborvitae are evergreen trees or shrubs with scaly bark and short-spreading or...
Arborvitae (Thuja) is probably one of the most popular landscape plants being used and sold today.
American Arborvitae is a commonly utilized evergreen shrub, often found as a focal point, at...
www.first-in-trellises.com /1/arborvitae.html   (489 words)

  
 Arborvitae
Called variously Northern white cedar and American or Eastern arborvitae, these trees are among the big four evergreens found in American landscapes — the others are yews, spruce, and pine.
The Arborvitae for the South, while not as hardy as our native American arborvitae species, Oriental arborvitaes (Thuja orientalis) are widely planted because they tolerate heat, drought, and alkaline soil and have a reputation for toughness.
Cones: Arborvitae “flowers” are actually tiny and inconspicuous 1/8-inch greenish cones appearing on ends of branchlets in April or May. Male and female are borne on the same plant.
www.yardener.com /Arborvitae.html   (505 words)

  
 Conifers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This is a good substitute for arborvitae as it is a good grower and is nearly immune to bag worms.
It is similar to eastern white pine with more blue foliage and more elegant stature.
This eastern arborvitae sports a subtle silver white variegation as if the plant has been lightly flocked for the holidays.
ag.udel.edu /udbg/Plant_Sale_2004/conifers.htm   (336 words)

  
 arborvitae - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
ARBORVITAE [arborvitae] [Lat.,=tree of life], aromatic evergreen tree of the genus Thuja of the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), with scalelike leaves borne on flattened branchlets of a fanlike appearance and with very small cones.
Arborvitaes are classified in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, order Coniferales.
Leyland cypress, mahonia, dwarf nandina, ivy and golden arborvitae share a pot.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-arborvit.html   (303 words)

  
 Plant Details for Thuja occidentalis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Eastern arborvitae is useful for adding a vertical element to home landscapes.
Arborvitaes grow naturally in swampy areas, and should be grown in areas with adequate soil and atmospheric moisture.
Arborvitaes are tolerant of pruning, although not beyond a "dead zone" in the plant interior.
ww4.bhg.com /bhg/plantfinder/plantDetails.jhtml?plantId=/templatedata/bhg/plant/data/Thuja-occidentalis.xml   (313 words)

  
 ARBORVITAE FOR THE HOME LANDSCAPE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Arborvitae are evergreen trees and shrubs with needle-like juvenile leaves and scale-like mature foliage.
Eastern arborvitae, also called American arborvitae or white cedar, (Thuja occidentalis) is native throughout the northern half of eastern North America.
For this reason arborvitae is not as highly recommended for landscaping as yew or junipers.
www.ext.vt.edu /departments/envirohort/factsheets2/shrubs/sep89pr3.html   (381 words)

  
 Upper Peninsula of Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When the Michigan Territory was first established, it included only the Lower Peninsula and the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula.
Because of the highly seasonal climate and the short growing season, agriculture is limited in the Upper Peninsula, though potatoes, strawberries and a few other small fruits are grown.
The peninsula has large tracts of state and national forests, eastern arborvitae swamps, coastline, over 150 waterfalls, and very low population densities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan   (1811 words)

  
 White Cedar, Thuja occidentalis
The principal pests are Arborvitae Leafminer (Argyresthia thuiella) and fl and red Carpenter Ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus and C.
the eastern white cedar is most often associated with cool, moist, nutrient-rich sites, particularly on organic soils near streams or other drainage-ways, or on calcareous mineral soils.
The name arborvitae or "tree of life" dates from the 16th century when the French explorer Jacques Cartier learned from the Indians how to use the tree's foliage to treat scurvy.
www.rook.org /earl/bwca/nature/trees/thujaocc.html   (1570 words)

  
 Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' - Emerald Green Arborvitae
As you can see from the picture, the name "Emerald Green" is befitting this Arborvitae selection..
This would be a good selection for a landscape that could benefit from the color and texture of an Arborvitae but does not have the room for a large plant footprint.
The narrow, vertical habit would also work well when a formal entryway is desired, with Smaragd's on either side of the entry.
www.groundtradesxchange.com /plant_database/evergreen_shrubs/thuja_occ_smaragd/thuja-occ-smaragd.htm   (130 words)

  
 Nature-Wise by Roy Lukes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The only tree he could find was most likely a red cedar, one of the typical small, stunted evergreens of the arroyas of the plains, but it soon was beautifully decorated with homemade ornaments made by the children, and served its purpose to perfection.
To further confuse the arborvitae issue, there is also an arborvitae of the West that unfortunately is named the western red cedar, or giant cedar, Thuja plicata (THEW-ya pli-CAY-ta) meaning folded or braided, either in allusion to the braided nature of the scale-like foliage or the texture of the bark.
The Fraser fir is native to extreme eastern Tennessee and mostly to western North Carolina where it is at home in the mountains at elevations between 4,500 and 6,900 feet.
www.doorbell.net /lukes/a121401.htm   (858 words)

  
 HON Allergy Glossary, Gymnosperm Pollen
Members of this family include the Juniper, the arborvitae, Cryptomeria and the true cypresses.
Incense is produced from the leaves and the wood is often used to build ships, furniture and for ornaments.
Also referred to as the giant arborvitae, British Columbia red cedar or western arborvitae, this evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), is native to the Pacific Coast of North America.
www.hon.ch /Library/Theme/Allergy/Glossary/gymno.html   (516 words)

  
 Garden Club - Carroll Gardens » Blog Archive » Deer Resistant Evergreen
Consider the named form of our native so-called eastern red cedar (which isn’t a red cedar at all), Juniper virginiana Emerald Sentinel.
I know of one garden, in which the deer pressure is incredibly intense, where the deer browsed on another variety of the same Juniper species, Grey Owl Juniper.
Several reliable sources have told me that one variety of eastern arborvitae, Holmstrup, is never touched by deer - even in places where nearby Green Giant, western hybrid arborvitae, has been stripped clean of foliage.
www.carrollgardens.com /gardenclub/?p=139   (401 words)

  
 Arborvitae Leaf Miner -- UVM Extension Entomology Leaflet 19
Arborvitae or eastern white cedars throughout the northeastern states are annually infested to some degree with leaf miners.
Their life histories are rather similar, but they vary somewhat in period of adult emergence, flight, and egg laying, which does have a bearing on timing of certain chemical controls.
Since arborvitae foliage is waxy and, therefore, more difficult to penetrate, an emulsifiable concentrate (E.C.) will generally be more effective than a wettable powder (W.P.).
www.uvm.edu /extension/publications/el/el19.htm   (654 words)

  
 3D 3ds Eastern Arborvitae XfrogPlants
XfrogPlants Eastern Arborvitae : three (3) textured models available in 8 format options (Cinema4D, Lightwave, Max, Maya, Bryce, Vue, 3DS, OBJ) with Xfrog source format always included as a bonus.
Arborvitae is Latin for “tree of life” and name is by a French explorer of the 16th century who learned that Indians used the leaves to treat scurvy.
It tolerates cold and pollution, and although native of a humid environment, it is resistant to dry spells.
www.turbosquid.com /FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/285867   (176 words)

  
 Thuja, Arborvitae
Arborvitae, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Giant Red Cedar, Eastern Arborvitae, American Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, White Cedar
The foliage is soft and bluish-green but will turn somewhat brown with the onset of winter.
A variegated form of Arborvitae, with bright golden foliage with splashes of green.
www.daytonnursery.com /Encyclopedia/Trees_Shrubs/Thuja.htm   (424 words)

  
 thuja occidentalis english
Distribution: Northern white cedar is native to Quebec (the Anticosti Islands and Gaspe’ Peninsula), New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, southwestern Nova Scotia and Maine, west to northern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba, south to southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Illinois, east to extreme northwestern Indiana, Michigan, southern Ontario, southern New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Also locally in central Manitoba and the Appalachian Mountains in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee.
The Tree: Northern white cedar trees normally reach heights of 50 feet, with diameters of 2 feet.
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/SoftwoodNA/htmlDocs/thujaoccidentalis.html   (483 words)

  
 Thuja occidentalis
Eastern Arborvitae, Arborvitae, American Arborvitae, or White Cedar
Eastern Arborvitae is a commonly utilized evergreen shrub with numerous cultivars, useful in many urban stess situations where a low-maintenance evergreen shrub is required.
Thuja occidentalis is a common evergreen shrub, having cultivars that are narrow pyramidal, columnar, or globed in shape, often found at entranceways, at the corners of foundations, or as privacy screens in row plantings.
hcs.osu.edu /pocketgardener/source/description/th_talis.html   (940 words)

  
 Conifers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This native Californian is a good substitute for arborvitae but with more elegance and better winter color.
This cultivar is a particularly fast growing arborvitae with a broad pyramidal habit.
This eastern arborvitae sports a subtle silver white variegation as if the plant had been lightly flocked for the holidays.
ag.udel.edu /udbg/Plant_Sale_2003/conifers.htm   (614 words)

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