Taxon: Thuja occidentalis L.

Summary

Genus:

Thuja

Family:

Cupressaceae

Nomen number:

36584

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1002. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

07/09/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (2 active, 0 available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Thuja occidentalis L. f. buchananii (Späth) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. cristata (Carrière) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. filiformis (Beissn.) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. lutescens (Beissn.) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. occidentalis (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. pendula (Gordon) Beissn. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Thuja occidentalis L. var. fastigiata H. Jaeger

Autonym(s)
Thuja occidentalis L. var. occidentalis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Thuja occidentalis L. f. fastigiata (H. Jaeger) Beissn.
Thuja occidentalis L. f. malonyana C. K. Schneid.
Thuja occidentalis L. var. nigra L. H. Bailey
Thuja occidentalis L. var. pyramidalis Zederb.
Thuja occidentalis L. var. rosenthalii Beissn.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 149-150.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:410.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Fowells, H. A. 1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:460.
International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States
Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	SEQ	CITATION
English	arborvitae	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	eastern arborvitae	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	northern white-cedar	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	swamp-cedar	1	Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 149-150.
English	white-cedar	1	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
French	cèdre blanc	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
French	thuier cèdre	2	Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 149-150.
French	thuya du Canada	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
German	Lebensbaum	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italian	thuja	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italian	tuia occidentale	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Spanish	thuja	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Swedish	tuja	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	bei mei xiang bai	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	seoyangcheugbaeg	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
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	Québec
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
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	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Manitoba]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Korea

Europe

EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
REGION: Europe

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:460.
Environmental	ornamental	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:410.
Materials	essential oils	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Materials	wood	Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States
Medicines	folklore	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=36584. Accessed 22 November 2024.