Station 28
Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis
Common Name: Northern White Cedar
Major Evergreen Tree
Native Origin: Eastern North America
Height: 40-60
Spread: 10-15 May Reach 30
Form: Narrowly Pyramidal
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Fruit: 3/8Cones
Bark: Reddish Brown Peeling in Thin Vertical Strips
Comments: There are many cultivars of northern white cedar that provide various shapes of this evergreen ranging from dwarf forms of foundation plantings to narrow upright forms to be used in screen and windbreak plantings. The tree bark is a source of vitamin C and was used in tea by the early settlers to prevent scurvy. This specimen tree is an example of the northern white cedar in its natural form. Look at the dense flat scale-like evergreen leaves and compare form with other evergreens with needles.