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Episode 91: The Arborvitae

Depending on where you live, you may know this tree better as Cedar. There’s the Northern White-Cedar, the Western Redcedar, and a few others. But these species, more broadly known as Arborvitae or Thuja, are in a completely different plant family than “true Cedars.” Today, I’ll address this name confusion and dive way deep into why these incredible and unique trees don’t need to bank off of someone else’s success. From sacred forests in Japan, to swamps in the Upper Midwest, to the groves of giants in the Pacific Northwest, Arborvitaes are some of the most deserving individuals of the title “Tree of Life.”

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Sources:

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32378/2816862

https://www.conifers.org/cu/Thuja_standishii.php

https://www.nakasendoway.com/kiso-forest/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/botany/botany-general/thuja

https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/thuja-occidentalis

https://fourdirectionsteachings.com/transcripts/ojibwe.html

https://northernwilds.com/the-spirit-little-cedar-tree-on-lake-superior/

https://onondagalakehistoricalecology.weebly.com/northern-white-cedar-swamp.html

https://libraryexhibits.uvm.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/uvmtrees/northernwhitecedar/traditional-uses

https://nrd.kbic-nsn.gov/sites/default/files/fs-4medicines.pdf

https://wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the-adirondacks-northern-white-cedar-thuja-occidentalis.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647905/

https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-culturally-modified-trees

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40316086

https://www.mtpr.org/arts-culture/2018-11-26/field-notes-the-power-of-the-western-red-cedar

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/totem_poles/

https://www.lakewildernessarboretum.org/natural-areas/tribal-life-trail/native-use-of-the-western-red-cedar/

https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_thpl.pdf

https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/arch499/nonwest/northwest/theirtools.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/us/06alaska.html

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