Northern White Cedar
Some things are so familiar, so common, that they are often overlooked. 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 many ways to live and grow that other trees have not.
Read more about cedar in The Outside Story:
https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/ways-of-cedar
