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Thuja occidentalis (Eastern Arborvitae, Northern Whitecedar) is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which occurs in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, and is widely cultivated for use as an ornamental plant. It prefers areas with rich soil - in Vermont it either occurs in cliffs of calcium-rich rock or in swamps with nutrient-rich water input. It can also occur in abandoned fields. Deer shelter under cedars in the winter and eat their leaves.
Northern White Cedar can be distinguished by it's flat, scaly leaves, its tiny brown cones, and its distinctive shaggy fibrous bark.

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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