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Common Name: Northern
White Cedar
Family: Cupressaceae
Entry Author: C. Westring
Description: A small tree with a pyramidal shape, often with several main trunks
Needles: Evergreen, scale-like, on main shoots, 1/4 inch long with long points. Lateral shoots are flattened, 1/8 inch long with short points.
Cones: Small brown to tan cones with thin, overlapping scales
Bark: Fibrous, red-brown to gray. Diamond-shaped patterns are usually apparent
Branching Pattern: Flattened sprays that are typically aligned vertically
Height: 30 to 50 feet tall
Conditions/Habitat/Kind of Forest: Swamps and limestone soils
Range: North America
Zone: 3
Conservation Status-US/ World Wide: Not threatened
Uses (Human): Believed to have cured the men of Jacques Cartier's Canadian expedition of scurvy. Used by the Indians for canoes. Today, the wood is used to make shingles.
References:
Dendrology at Virginia Tech
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/toccidentalis.htm
UConn Plant Database
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/t/thuocc/thuocc1.html
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=35759
Petrides, George A. (1972). Peterson Field Guides- Field
Guide to Trees and Shrubs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
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