Gorham 11 (Site 1)

Species found within the Gorham 11 forest patch next to the golf course on Middlebury College campus.

northern white cedar

Thuja occidentalis is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to the northeast of the United States and the southeast of Canada, but widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. The species was first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753, and the binomial name remains current.

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