Seedlingsrus and Highland Hill Farm Green Giant Arborvitae
The genus Thuja contains about 6
species world-wide native to North America [2] and Asia [4]. The word thuja comes from the Greek thuia, an aromatic wood
(probably a juniper). The word occidentalis means western,
referring to the western hemisphere (New World).
Other Common
Names:
Abendlandische lebensbaum, albero della vita americana, American arborvitae,
arborvitae, arbre de vie de l'ouest, Atlantic red cedar, cedar, cedre blanc,
cedro rosso dell'atlantico, eastern arborvitae, eastern cedar, eastern white
cedar, gemeiner lebensbaum, gewone thuja, livstrad, Michigan white cedar, New
Brunswick cedar, Noordamerikaanse levensboom, northern white cedar, swamp
cedar, swamp-cedar, thuja, thuya de l'occident, tuia occidentale, tuya, tuya
occidental, vanlig tuja, vitae, vit-ceder, western thuja, white cedar.
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. Exceptional
trees may reach grow 80 feet tall, with a diameter of 5 feet. The record is 113
feet, with a diameter of 6 feet.