Northern White Cedar is an aromatic evergreen tree of wet, rocky, and limestone-influenced soils across the Great Lakes and northeastern North America. It is one of the most important winter habitat trees in the region; white-tailed deer yard in cedar swamps during severe winters, and many birds roost in its dense foliage. It is extremely long-lived, with some trees exceeding 1,000 years.
Habitat
Limestone outcrops, rocky shores, and swamp edges of the northeastern US and Great Lakes
Diet
Dense foliage provides critical winter deer yard; seeds eaten by many small birds
How common
Common
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