Details for: WLP 2484, Thuja occidentalis L., AS/TO/2021/017/117


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Thuja occidentalis L.
Top Name:
AS/TO/2021/017/117
Origin:
Collected – Illinois, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
27 Aug 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Seed30 countWLP 2484 2021w01 SD
Seed30 countWLP 2484 2021w02 SD
 
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HABITAT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Thuja occidentalis L.
Top Name:
AS/TO/2021/017/117
Origin:
Collected – Illinois, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
27 Aug 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
26 August 2021.
La Salle County, Illinois, United States
Locality: State Route 71 along Illinois River located approximately 1.30 miles southwest of Ottawa, T33N R3E SW1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 15
Coordinates: 41.3321, -88.8635 (Map it)
Elevation: 146m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Roadside at top of limestone cliff above Illinois River.
Number of plants sampled: 4
Associated species: Opuntia humifusa, Vaccinium sp., Thuja occidentalis, Lonicera maackia, Fraxinus sp., and Juniperus virginiana
Aspect: North; Slope: 85
Comment: Sampled four specimens along a 50 yard linear stretch. Species rare and extremely localized to rocky cliffs. At time of sampling (26 August 2021) in nature, cones were just starting to yellow. Coordinates provided refer to specimen #1. Coordinates for all mother tree samples may be provided upon request.
Collector(s):
11 October 2021.
La Salle County, Illinois, United States
Locality: Starved Rock State Park located approximately 7.55 miles southwest of Ottawa, T33N R2E NW1/4 NW1/4 Sec. 22
Elevation: 150m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Limestone bluffs above Illinois River
Number of plants sampled: 4
Associated species: Quercus rubra, Aronia sp., Pinus strobus, Ostrya virginiana, Amelanchier sp., and Juniperus virginiana
Comment: Sampled four specimens along a 0.27 mile linear stretch. At time of sampling (11 October 2021) in nature, cones were brown and slightly open with seeds falling from cones when disturbed. Coordinates for each tree sampled may be provided upon request. Collection assisted by Deb Brown.
Collector(s):
03 November 2023.
La Salle County, Illinois, United States
Number of plants sampled: 1
Comment: Collected cuttings from one exceptionally compact specimen (Tree #4).
Collector(s):
Donated
27 August 2021.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
03 November 2023.
La Salle County, Illinois, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: NC7.Regional.Ornamental.Plant.Trials
Note: Accessions distributed through the NC-7 Regional Woody Ornamental Trials.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. NC7.Regional.Ornamental.Plant.Trials

Accession Names and Identifiers
AS/TO/2021/017/117
Type: Collector identifier
Sherwood, Andrew P. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

JDC/TO/2021/029/981
Type: Collector identifier
Carstens, Jeffrey D. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

Ames 35739
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

JC 0521
Type: Exploration identifier

Narrative
Thuja occidentalis is a medium sized, evergreen tree that is native throughout northeastern North America stretching from Minnesota to Maine with scattered distributions in the Appalachian Mountains. In Illinois, Northern White Cedar was formerly listed as a state-threatened species, but delisted in 2004 (Mankowski 2012) and is localized to bluffs and cliffs of St. Peter sandstone and rocky outcroppings. Elsewhere, the species is abundant in sphagnum peat swamps, lake shorelines, and moist woods. This accession was collected on the southwest edge of the species native range and is one of the southern-most, known native localities in Illinois and thus may contain genetics for heat and drought tolerance. Genetics for this accessions were collected from two areas separated by approximately 6.50 miles.
Thuja occidentalis L.
Genus:
Thuja
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:

36584
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1002. 1753
Verified:
07/09/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Thuja occidentalis L. f. buchananii (Späth) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. cristata (Carrière) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. filiformis (Beissn.) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. lutescens (Beissn.) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. occidentalis (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. pendula (Gordon) Beissn. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Thuja occidentalis L. var. fastigiata H. Jaeger

Autonym(s)
Thuja occidentalis L. var. occidentalis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Thuja occidentalis L. f. fastigiata (H. Jaeger) Beissn.
Thuja occidentalis L. f. malonyana C. K. Schneid.
Thuja occidentalis L. var. nigra L. H. Bailey
Thuja occidentalis L. var. pyramidalis Zederb.
Thuja occidentalis L. var. rosenthalii Beissn.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englisharborvitae  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englisheastern arborvitae  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishnorthern white-cedar  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishswamp-cedar  1Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 149-150.
Englishwhite-cedar  1Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Frenchcèdre blanc  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Frenchthuier cèdre  2Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 149-150.
Frenchthuya du Canada  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
GermanLebensbaum  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italianthuja  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italiantuia occidentale  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Spanishthuja  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Swedishtuja  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesebei mei xiang bai  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanseoyangcheugbaeg  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Annotations
Other Links
NCRPIS Collection Trip Report Aronia
NC7 Trials Plant Description
Actions
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed Ames 35739 to WLP 2484. 18 Feb 2022.
  • Description Of NC7 Ornamental Trials: The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials, began in 1954 through the efforts of a small group of dedicated horticulturists under the leadership of Professor S.A. McCrory of South Dakota State College (now University). The north central United States is a region of climatic extremes, and many parts of the region have alkaline soils that developed under grasslands. Because of these conditions, the diversity found in commercially available woody plants adapted to the area is less than that found in most other parts of our nation. The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials were started with the ultimate goal of expanding the range of useful plants in the nursery trade. The emphasis in this program has been placed on detailed, long-term evaluations at a broad range of sites rather than on promotion of new plants. The NC-7 Trials rely on a network of horticultural cooperators located at sites scattered across the Central United States. Cooperators establish plantings, observe and evaluate the plants through the seasons, and prepare performance reports one, five, and ten years after planting. These reports are sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NCRPIS) in Ames, Iowa where they are recorded. Because of the broad range of environments found among the trial sites, it is unusual for any particular trial plant to perform well at a majority of the sites, making system-wide releases difficult. However, when plants perform especially well at sites, the NCRPIS Horticulturist assists trial site cooperators in introducing the new plants, with any official releases initiated through the cooperators' institutions rather than through the Plant Introduction Station.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
  • Carstens, J. D. & A. P. Sherwood. 2021. NCRPIS Collection Trip Report Aronia. Technical Report to USDA-ARS Plant Exploration Office, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland 1-40. Number of accessions cited: 10
  • Jokela, J. J. & C. L. Cyr. 1977. Performance of Northern White-Cedar in central Illinois. Gen. Techn. Rep. NC, U.S.D.A. Forest Serv. Proc. of the 13th Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference. NC-50:100-106. Note: Reference to performance of numerous provenances including Kane Co., Illinois which is nearly adjacent to La Salle Co. where Ames 35739 was sampled. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Mankowski, A. 2012. The Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act at forty: a review of the act’s provisions and the Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species. Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board, Springfield. 152 pp. Number of accessions cited: 1
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