2. BOTANICAL NAME  T HUJA OCCIDENTALIS

3. COMMON NAME  American Arbovitae

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

6. Growth habit  Shrub  Tree

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

8. EXPOSURE  Sun

9. Site conditions  Moist

10. ZONES  2 - 8

11. Life cycle  Evergreen

12. Leaf arrangement  Scales

13. Leaf shape  Scales

14. Leaf margin  Scales

15. Leaf modifications  Scale-like

16. Leaf surface

17. VEINS

18. COMPOSITION

19. Stem modification

22. Flower shape  Insignificant  Yellow

23. FRUIT  Green with no hooks  Cone

24. GROWTH  Slow/medium

25. NATIVE OF:  Eastern North America

26. USE  Specimen  Foundation

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

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