<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31453879</termId><termName>Thuja occidentalis</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family, native to eastern North America, growing to 20 m (65 feet) tall. It is the most common and probably the hardiest of the arborvitae. Its trunk is sometimes forked near the ground into several main stems covered with reddish brown bark. The cones have 8 to 10 scales, of which only four are usually fertile. Most cultivated varieties are narrow, densely pyramidal shrubs, and many have interesting variations in foliage color. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:02:11</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31453880</termId><termName>American arbor vitae</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31453881</termId><termName>American arborvitae</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31453882</termId><termName>arbor vitae, American</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31453883</termId><termName>eastern arborvitae</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31453884</termId><termName>northern white cedar</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31453885</termId><termName>thuja accidentalis</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31453886</termId><termName>thuya occidentalis</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31435263</termId><termName>Thuja</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31470671</termId><termName>American arborvitae</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>