The bark of the tree is useful as tender in starting fires Boy Scout style. According to Guenther cedarwood oil comes from Juniperus, but white cedarwood and cedarleaf oil from Thuja . Cedarwood oil is used in insect repellants, perfumes and soaps. Cedar chips have been used as moth repellants. The oil also shows up in furniture polish.
Refined oil is used in microscopy.
Chippewa Indians used strips of bark in matting. They used the red inner bark as a source of a red dye. Widely used for boundary markers, reforestation, shelterbelt, and wild life plantings. Leaves used as a stimulant, emmenagogue, and taenifuge. In Appalachia, a mixture of nuts, leaves, and twigs is boiled and inhaled as a treatment for bronchitis.