Northern white-cedar has also been called eastern white cedar and swamp-cedar. The name "arborvitae" meaning "tree of life" was given the tree and was the first North American tree to be ...

Interestingly, eastern white cedar is called the Tree of Life by the indigenous Ojibwe while western red cedar bears the same title as the Haida. The Ojibwe call the tree Nookomis Giizhik ...

Help your projects stand up to the elements with this roundup of naturally rot-resistant woods. The post 8 Types of ...

Such is the case with northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). Also known as eastern white cedar, this tree grows throughout the Northeast, but only in certain places, in part because it has evolved ...

The term comes from modern Latin and simply means "tree of life ... occidentalis), also commonly referred to as the eastern ...

Deep in the southern Delaware woods, along the trails of Ponders Tract near Milton, sits a majestic sight. The largest Atlantic white cedar tree in the state stands tall and straight, with a flaky, ...