Taxon:
Thuja occidentalis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1002. 1753
Verified:
07/09/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
arborvitae – eastern arborvitae – northern white-cedar – swamp-cedar – white-cedar – French
cèdre blanc – thuier cèdre – thuya du Canada – German
Lebensbaum – Italian
thuja – tuia occidentale – Spanish
thuja – Swedish
tuja – Transcribed Chinese
bei mei xiang bai – Transcribed Korean
seoyangcheugbaeg –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | New Brunswick | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Prince Edward Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Quebec | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Gymnosperms&FamilyID=Cupressaceae&GenusID=Thuja&SpeciesID=occidentalis |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | | Europe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Gymnosperms&FamilyID=Cupressaceae&GenusID=Thuja&SpeciesID=occidentalis), Virginia]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Manitoba]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
Europe
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REGION:
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
essential oils (fide HerbSpices) – Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –