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Native Trees of Canada 



The foliage consists of tiny, overlapping, scale-like, evergreen leaves, which 

 occur in pairs pressed to opposite sides of the twig. The branchlets are character- 

 istically arranged in flat sprays. 



The fruit is a tiny cone which matures in one year and sheds many small 

 seeds. Each seed is almost surrounded by its two narrow, membraneous wings, 

 except in the case of the Asiatic species which have larger and heavier seeds with- 

 out wings. 



THUJA OCCIDENTALIS, Linn. CEDAR 



Common names: Cedar, white cedar, northern white cedar, 



eastern cedar, arbor-vitae. 

 French names: Thuja, cedre, cedre blanc. 



The white cedar is found from eastern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 

 westward throughout New Brunswick, southern Quebec and southern Ontario to 

 the south end of James bay, and in Manitoba to the southern end of lake Winnipeg. 



It also occurs in an isolated patch near the north end of lakes Winnipeg and Winni- 

 pegosis. 



It is usually found in swamps or moist situations, but will also grow readily 

 on the thin soil of limestone ridges. It occurs in pure stands of considerable size, 

 but also grows mixed with spruce, tamarack, black ash, and alder. 



