. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 39 ARBOR VITAE Thuja occidentalis, Linnaeus THE ARBOR VlTAE, 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 usu- ally reaches a height of 25 to 50 feet. The leaves are scale-like, ]/g of an inch long, closely ovcr-. ARBOR VITAE One-half natural size. lap one another, are aromatic when crushed, marked with glandular dots. They are arranged in pairs. Each succeed- ing pair alternates with the next pair. The cones are oblong, l/i of an inch long
. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 39 ARBOR VITAE Thuja occidentalis, Linnaeus THE ARBOR VlTAE, 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 usu- ally reaches a height of 25 to 50 feet. The leaves are scale-like, ]/g of an inch long, closely ovcr-. ARBOR VITAE One-half natural size. lap one another, are aromatic when crushed, marked with glandular dots. They are arranged in pairs. Each succeed- ing pair alternates with the next pair. The cones are oblong, l/i of an inch long, with 6 to 12 blunt-pointed, reddish-brown scales. The trunk usually divides near the base. The bark is grayish to reddish-brown, usually furrowed, and peels off into thin shred-like strips. The Arbor Vitae is found from Southern Labrador west to Manitoba and Minnesota and south to North Carolina. This tree is common on wet calcareous soils throughout northern New York. Locally it forms part of impenetrable "cedar ; It is rare southward to West Chester county, and westward to Lake Erie. More than 50 garden varieties of Arbor Vitae are known. Some of them, such as White Arbor Vitae and the Golden Arbor Vitae, are distinguished by their color. Among the commonest forms are the pyram- idal, the globose, the juvenile, and the pendulous form. Closely related to the native Arbor Vitae is the Oriental Ar- bor Vitae planted extensively 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. Washington, D. C. , American Tree Association
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