arborvitaes
Thuja
Thuja ( THEW-yə) is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. There are five species, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia. The genus is most closely related to Thujopsis. Members are commonly known as arborvitaes (from the Latin term for 'tree of life'), thujas, or New World cedars.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
northern whitecedar
speciesThuja occidentalis
western redcedar
speciesThuja plicata
'Green Giant' arborvitae
hybridThuja × soeegaardii
Japanese arborvitae
speciesThuja standishii
Korean arborvitae
speciesThuja koraiensis
Thuja × senetae
hybridThuja × senetae
Sichuan Arborvitae
speciesThuja sutchuenensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48253.