The Dawes Arboretum
The Dawes Arboretum
The Dawes Arboretum
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Thuja occidentalis 'Filiformis'
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
threadleaf American arborvitae
Family:
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Synonym:
Thuja occidentalis 'Douglasii'
Distribution:
Species native to e. North America
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 3
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
A versatile evergreen growing to 8' tall by 6' wide. This upright and multi-branched shrub has long branches with pendulous ends and interesting ropelike whorls. Needles range from pale green to slightly golden. In spring, glaucous, green cones appear in groups and contrast nicely against the existing open, brown cones.
Links:
American Conifer Society Database
•
Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder
Locations
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CON: CP13
(CP13)
• Accession: D1988-0379.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual