| Scientific Name: | Thuja occidentalis 'Fastigiata' |
| Common Name: | pyramidal cedar |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Garden origin, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Fastigiate, Upright |
| Form: | Columnar, Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Hedge row, Screening, Sheared hedge, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Scale-like, Opposite, Imbricate, Leathery, Glabrous, Rhomboidal, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Columnar, fine-textured evergreen commonly used as a hedge; leaves imbricate, scale-like, 2-5mm long x 1-2mm wide, pressed against the stems in flattened sprays, dull gray-green (compared to emerald cedar which has more vertically oriented branchlets with thinner, glossy-dark green scale leaves). | |