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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
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