Based on your description of a flat-leafed evergreen and some sleuthing on my part, I suspect your Northern white cedar is really Thuja occidentalis.

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 ...

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 ...

On this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to the northern white cedar, a native conifer that is used for ornamental, windbreak and reforestation purposes.

Northern White Cedar ‘Tree of Life’. When I first came here, magnificent fragrant bell-shaped eastern white cedars lined the serpentine banks of my brook.

What: An exceptional selection of the eastern arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis “Degroot’s Spire” is very popular because of its narrow, columnar form with dense green foliage that sometimes ...