Cupressaceae Thuja occidentalis L.

Eastern Arborvitae

Ojibwa - Other, Sacred Items

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 421

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Scientific name: Thuja occidentalis L.
USDA symbol: THOC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eastern Arborvitae
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Sacred Items
Notes: This tree and the white cedar were worshipped as the two most useful trees in the forest.

RECRD: 191 id: 39916

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