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American Arborvitae
Latin Name:
Thuja occidentalis
location:
northeastern North America
The American Arborvitae, scientifically known as Thuja occidentalis, is normally found around northeastern North America. It can generally be recognized as a scale-leaved evergreen, making it a unique plant! In the summer, the form of its leafs is more or less leaves are small and scale-like (2mm long) and in the automn its foliage then is foliage discolors to yellowish-green and even somewhat brown at times. The American Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) also has flowers being not of any ornamental significance and its fruits are more or less small cones with thin, overlapping scales. An interesting thing is its bark, where we see bark is gray on the surface and reddish-brown in the furrows on it. An interesting fact about the way it is cultured would be that easily transplanted from containers and B&B Also, an inconvinient with the American Arborvitae can be that leaf miner A good way to identify a Thuja occidentalis with its conical shape. The American Arborvitae's propagation is uncommon since it performs it by seed
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