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Thuja occidentalis, White Cedar Radial Section

Thuja occidentalis, White Cedar

This is an image from a stained standard section of Thuja occidentalis made by John P. Limbach of Ripon, Wisconsin.

Transmitted Oblique Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae DIVISION: Pinophyta CLASS: Pinopsida ORDER: Pinales FAMILY: Cupressaceae GENUS: Thuja SPECIES: occidentalis

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References:

Core, H.R., W.A. Cote, and A.C. Day, WOOD STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFICATION, Syracuse Wood Science Series, Vol. 6, 1979.