North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, and Trees

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

Below are species of Thuja that are not found in North Carolina

	Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata) Clearwater Co., NC 12 May 2010
	Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata) Clearwater Co., NC 12 May 2010
	Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata) Clearwater Co., NC 12 May 2010 Aptly named, these giants of the west grow pretty large in a couple hundred years...
	Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata) Clearwater Co., NC 12 May 2010

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.