. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 36 Common Trees ARBOR VITAE Thuja occidentalis, Linnaeus THE Arbor Vitae, also called White Cedar and Cedar, is one of the most widely planted evergreen trees in North America. It develops a conical, symmetrical crown and usually reaches a height of 25 to 50 feet. The leaves are scale-like, }^ of an inch long, closely overlap. ARBOR VITAE One-half natural size. one another, aromatic when crushed, marked with glandular dots. They are arranged in pairs. Each succeeding pair alternates with t
. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 36 Common Trees ARBOR VITAE Thuja occidentalis, Linnaeus THE Arbor Vitae, also called White Cedar and Cedar, is one of the most widely planted evergreen trees in North America. It develops a conical, symmetrical crown and usually reaches a height of 25 to 50 feet. The leaves are scale-like, }^ of an inch long, closely overlap. ARBOR VITAE One-half natural size. one another, aromatic when crushed, marked with glandular dots. They are arranged in pairs. Each succeeding pair alternates with the next pair. The cones are oblong, J^ of an inch long, with 6 to 12 blunt-pointed, reddish-brown scales. The trunk usually divides near base. The bark is grayish to reddish-brown, usually furrowed, and peels oflf into thin shred-like strips. The Arbor Vitae is found from Southern Labrador west to Manitoba and Minnesota and south to North Carolina. In Ohio this tree occurs locally in Adams, Green and Champaign counties. It has been planted extensively for ornamental and windbreak purposes, particularly on lawns and in cemeteries. More than 50 garden varieties of Arbor Vitae are known. Some of them, such as White Arbor Vitae and the Golden Arbor Vitae, arc distinguished by their color. Among the commonest forms are the pyramidal, the globose, the juvenile and the pendulous form. Closely related to the American Arbor Vitae is the Oriental Arbor Vitae, also planted exten- sively throughout eastern North Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph Simon), 1884-1967; Secrest, Edmund, b. 1882. Washington, D. C. : The American Tree Association
Size: 1865px × 1339px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookpublisherwashingtondctheame
