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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
  5. Conifers
  6. Cypresses, Junipers, Redwoods, and Allies
  7. Cypresses, Cedars, Junipers, and Allies
  8. Thujas

genus

Thujas

Thuja

Traits
Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Northern Whitecedar native
  • Western Redcedar native
  • 'Green Giant' Arborvitae introduced
  • Japanese Arborvitae
  • Korean Arborvitae
  • Thuja × senetae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native thujas All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Western Redcedar Thuja plicata caterpillars 47 hosts 6 food 9 flowers 4 shelter 3
  • Northern Whitecedar Thuja occidentalis caterpillars 39 hosts 1 food 22 flowers 15

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