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Arborvitae (Thuja Occidentalis) Native Growing Regions

Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin

Arborvitae (Thuja Occidentalis) Information

• Category: Gymnosperm
• Genus: Thuja
• Family: Cupressaceae
• Order: Pinales
• Class: Pinopsida
• Division: Coniferophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Tree
• Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
• State T/E Status: CT (T) IL (T) IN (E) KY (T) MA (E) MD (T) NJ (E) TN (SC)
• State T/E Common Name: CT (northern white cedar) IL (arbor vitae) IN (northern white cedar) KY (northern white-cedar) MA (arborvitae) MD (arbor-vitae) NJ (arborvitae) TN (northern white cedar)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: UPL FACW
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW) 2(UPL*) 3(FACW)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Dense
• Foliage Texture: Fine
• Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
• Growth Form: Single Stem
• Growth Rate: Slow
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 25
• Height Mature (feet): 50
• Leaf Retention: Yes
• Lifespan: Long
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: No
• Shape and Orientation: Conical
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: Medium
• CaCO3 Tolerance: High
• Cold Stratification Required: Yes
• Drought Tolerance: Low
• Fertility Requirement: Medium
• Fire Tolerance: Low
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 100
• Hedge Tolerance: High
• Moisture Use: Medium
• pH (Minimum): 5.2
• pH (Maximum): 7
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 300
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 1200
• Precipitation (Minimum): 35
• Precipitation (Maximum): 55
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 30
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -33
• Bloom Period: Mid Spring
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 345600
• Seed Spread Rate: Moderate
• Seedling Vigor: Medium
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: None

Arborvitae (Thuja Occidentalis) Tags

Coniferophyta, Cupressaceae, Green, Gymnosperm, Perennial, Pinales, Pinopsida, Single Stem, Slow, Thuja, Tree

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