Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

Arborvitae. White Cedar

1. Fruiting branchlet, × 1.

2. Tip of branchlet, enlarged.

3. Cone-scale with seeds, × 3.

PINACEAE

Arborvitae. White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis L.

HABIT.—A tree 40-50 feet high, with a short, often buttressed trunk 1-2 feet in diameter, often divided into 2-3 secondary stems; forming a rather dense, wide-based, pyramidal crown.