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Fam.: Cupressaceae / Cypresse Fam.  

Synon.:  Thuja gigantea  NUTT.

Genus:  Thuja  L.
 

Authors:
   DONN:  James Donn (1758 - 1813), English botanist
   D.DON:  David Don (1799 - 1841), Scottish botanist
   NUTT.:  Thomas Nuttall (1786 - 1859), English botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Thuja:   thýo" = I breathed perfume
   plicata:   plicate
   gigantea:   giant
 

The Western Red Cedar  Thuja plicata, which comes from America, grows up to 60 meters high. In the area of the mostly planted old trees, young plants often come up out of seed.

 

Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 1:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (cultiv.)
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 2:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (cultiv.)
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 3:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 4:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 5:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 6:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (leaf bottom side)
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 7:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (leaf bottom side)
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 8:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 9:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 10:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 11:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Fig. 12:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Odenwald, Heiligkreuzsteinach 24.2.2019
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 13:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 14:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 15:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 16:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 17:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (cultiv.)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 18:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (cultiv.)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 19:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (cultiv.)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Monschau 28.7.2023
Fig. 20:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (cultiv.)
D Monschau 28.7.2023
Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 18.2.2024
Fig. 21:  Thuja plicata / Western Red Cedar, Giant Western Arbor-Vitae (cultiv.)
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 18.2.2024

 


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