BOTANICAL NAME  T HUJA OCCIDENTALIS

COMMON NAME  American Arbovitae

PRONUNCIATION  THOOG - ah ok - si - den -TALE - is

Growth habit  Shrub  Tree

Plant size  Height 3’ - 60’  Width 3’ - 15’

EXPOSURE  Sun

Site conditions  Moist

ZONES  2 - 8

Life cycle  Evergreen

Leaf arrangement  Scales

Leaf shape  Scales

Leaf margin  Scales

Leaf modifications  Scale-like

Leaf surface

VEINS

COMPOSITION

Stem modification

Flower shape  Insignificant  Yellow

FRUIT  Green with no hooks  Cone

GROWTH  Slow/medium

NATIVE OF:  Eastern North America

USE  Specimen  Foundation

DESCRIPTION  Usually has a single main stem  Small scale like leaves hugging the twigs; abruptly pointed

DESCRIPTION  Branchlets flat but turned every direction  Green (flat) in summer; yellowish brown in winter