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Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, [1] eastern white-cedar, [2] or arborvitae, [2] [3] is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States.
Thuja: arborvitae; Thuja occidentalis: eastern arborvitae Cupressaceae (cypress family) 241 Thuja plicata: giant arborvitae Cupressaceae (cypress family) 242 Pinaceae: pine family; Abies: fir trees; Abies alba: European silver fir Pinaceae (pine family) Abies amabilis: Pacific silver fir Pinaceae (pine family) 11 Abies balsamea: balsam fir ...
The Cupressaceae trees contain a wide range of extractives, especially terpenes and terpenoids, [39] both of which have strong and often pleasant odors. The heartwood, bark and leaves are the tree parts richest in terpenes. [40] Some of these compounds are widely distributed in other trees as well, and some are typical for Cupressaceae family.
The best evergreen trees include many more options than Christmas trees and needle-shedding pines. Just like annuals and perennials, evergreens come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.
Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja, [5] Oriental arborvitae, [6] Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja.
Thuja are evergreen trees growing from 10 to 200 feet (3 to 61 metres) tall, with stringy-textured reddish-brown bark. The shoots are flat, with side shoots only in a single plane. The leaves are scale-like and 1 to 10 mm (0.039 to 0.394 in) long, except young seedlings in their first year, which have needle-like leaves.
Evergreen . In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. [1] This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many different species, the unique feature of evergreen plants lends itself to various environments ...
Polyscias fruticosa, or Ming aralia, is a perennial plant, dicot evergreen shrub or dwarf tree, native to India. The plant grows fairly slowly but can reach up to 1–2 meters in height. The leaves are of a dark green pigment, glossy in texture, and are tripinnate and appear divided.