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Thuja occidentalis (Eastern white cedar)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Thuja occidentalis L.
Preferred Common Name
- Eastern white cedar
Variety
- Thuja occidentalis f. buchananii (Spath) Rehder
- Thuja occidentalis f. cristata (Carriere) C. K. Schneid.
- Thuja occidentalis f. filiformis (Beissner) Rehder
- Thuja occidentalis f. lutescens (Beissner) C. K. Schnied.
- Thuja occidentalis f. pendula (Gordon) Beissner
Other Scientific Names
- Thuja occidentalis f. fastigiata (H. Jaeger) Beissner
- Thuja occidentalis f. malonyana C. K. Schneid.
- Thuja occidentalis var. fastigiata (H. Jaeger) Beissner
- Thuja occidentalis var. globosa
- Thuja occidentalis var. nigra L. H. Bailey
- Thuja occidentalis var. pumila
- Thuja occidentalis var. pyramidalis Zederb.
International Common Names
- English: American arborvitae; Eastern arborvitae; Eastern thuja; Northern white cedar
- Spanish: cedro blanco del este; thuja; tuya
- French: cedre blanc; les thuja; thuya du Canada; Thuya occidental
- Russian: tuja zapadnaya
Local Common Names
- Germany: Abendlaendischer Lebensbaum; Amerikanischer Lebensbaum; Lebensbaum
- Italy: thuja; Tuia occidentale
- Netherlands: westerse levensboom
- Sweden: vanlig tuja
- USA: arborvitae; white cedar
EPPO code
- THUOC (Thuja occidentalis)
Trade name
- swamp cedar
- white cedar
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Gymnospermae
- Class: Pinopsida
- Family: Cupressaceae
- Genus: Thuja
- Species: Thuja occidentalis
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Didymascella thujina (cedar leaf blight); Lambdina fiscellaria (eastern hemlock looper); Otiorhynchus ovatus (strawberry root weevil); Rhizobium radiobacter (crown gall); Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall); Seiridium cardinale (cypress canker); Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (evergreen bagworm); Trypodendron lineatum (striped ambrosia beetle)Minor host of:
Armillaria tabescens (armillaria root rot); Callidiellum rufipenne (Japanese cedar longhorn beetle); Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (dictyospermum scale); Cinara cupressi sensu lato (Cypress aphid); Diplodia seriata (grapevine trunk disease); Fomitopsis pinicola (brown crumbly rot); Otiorhynchus sulcatus (vine weevil); Phytophthora lateralis (Port-Orford-cedar root disease); Sphaeropsis sapinea (Sphaeropsis blight)Wild host of:
Pratylenchus penetrans (nematode, northern root lesion)Host of (source - data mining):
Amphimallon majale (European chafer); Argyresthia thuiella (arborvitae leafminer); Armillaria gallica; Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Barypeithes pellucidus (juniper root weevil); Cinara tujafilina; Clepsis spectrana (oblique-banded caterpillar); Lamprodila festiva; Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth); Parthenolecanium fletcheri (fletcher, scale); Semanotus bifasciatus; Tarsonemus bilobatusUses List
Top of pageEnvironmental
- Agroforestry
- Boundary, barrier or support
- Revegetation
- Shade and shelter
- Windbreak
General
- Ornamental
Materials
- Carved material
- Essential oils
- Miscellaneous materials
- Wood/timber
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Source of medicine/pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore
Wood Products
Top of pageBoats
Roundwood
- Building poles
- Piles
- Posts
- Stakes
- Transmission poles
Sawn or hewn building timbers
- Exterior fittings
- Fences
- For light construction
- Gates
- Shingles
- Wall panelling
Wood extractives (including oil)
Wood-based materials
- Particleboard
- Waferboard
Woodware
- Musical instruments
- Pencils