Thuja plicata

Cupressaceae Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

Etymology
Thuja refers to ‘resinous tree’; indicating these trees are quite resinous.
plicata refers to ‘braided’; indicating the pattern of its scale-like foliage.

Colloquial Name
Giant arborvitae

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 70, ASK, 71, ABT, BRC, 73, IDA, MNT, ORE, WAS, 76, CAL

Habitat
The natural habitats for Thuja plicata are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Thuja plicata that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Thuja plicata is hardy to USDA Zone 6 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -23.3C (-10F) to -17.8C (0F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Thuja plicata is stable. There are ongoing threats for Thuja plicata and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Thuja plicata has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Thuja plicata is Thuja. The coordinate taxa for Thuja plicata are therefore:

Thuja plicata is further placed under Cupressoideae. Thuja plicata is also placed under Cupressaceae.

Cultivars
‘4ever’, 4 EVER GOLDY , ‘Argentea’, ‘Atrovirens’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Aurescens’, ‘Balaton’, ‘Bronze Prince’, ‘Brooks Gold’, ‘Canadian Gold’, ‘Can-can’, ‘Collyer’s Gold’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Copper Gold’, ‘Copper Kettle’, ‘Cristata’, ‘Cuprea’, ‘Daniëllow’, ‘December Gold’, ‘De Rakt’, ‘Doone Valley’, ‘Dura’, ‘Erecta’, ‘Eschrichs Grüne Kugel’, ‘Euchlora’, ‘Excelsa’, ‘Extra Gold’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Filifera Nana’, ‘Filip’s Green Queen’, FOR EVER GOLDY , ‘Gelderland’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Globosa’, ‘Gold Pearl’, GOLDY™ , ‘Gracilis’, ‘Gracilis Aurea’, ‘Green Spire’, ‘Green Sport’, ‘Green Survival’, ‘Grüne Kugel’, ‘Haley Bop’, ‘Hillieri’, ‘Hogan’, ‘Holly Turner’, ‘Incurva’, ‘Irish Gold’, ‘J. Timm & Co.’, ‘Kórnik’, ‘Krause’s Weeping’, ‘Mendelii’, ‘Old Gold’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pumila’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidalis’, ‘Recurvata’, ‘Rogersii’, ‘Rogersii Aurea’, ‘Semperaurescens’, ‘Steeplechase’, ‘Stoneham Gold’, ‘Sunburst’, ‘Sunshine’, ‘Theunissen’, ‘Threadleaf’, ‘Umbraculifera’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Watnong Green’, ‘Whipcord’, ‘Winter Pink’, ‘Zebrina’, ‘Zebrina Extra Gold’