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Thuja occidentalis
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Synonym |
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Family |
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Cupressaceae |
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Local name |
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English- Northern white-cedar, Thuja |
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Distribution |
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Native to
eastern Canada and much of the north central and north-eastern United States.
Now world-widely cultivated as ornamental plant. |
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Distribution in Kerala |
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All districts |
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Uses |
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Grown as ornamental trees, and extensively used for hedges |
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Key botanical characters: Trees to 15(-38) m tall;
trunk 0.9(-1.8) m d.b.h.; bark reddish brown or grayish brown, fibrous,
fissured; crown conical. Leaves on both sides of branchlets dull
yellowish-green; facial leaves (1.5-)3-5 mm, abaxial gland conspicuous, apex
acute; lateral leaves slightly shorter than or as long as facial leaves, apex
incurved. Pollen cones reddish, 1-2 mm. Seed cones brown, ellipsoid,
(0.6-)0.9-1.4 cm; fertile cone scales ca. 4. Seeds reddish-brown, 4-7 mm
including wings. |
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