Chamaecyparis
Common name: False cypress
Dutch: Schijncipres
Identifying Features
- Habit: Evergreen trees with flattened, spray-like foliage branches
- Leaves: Scale-like in opposite pairs, forming flat sprays
- Bark: Reddish-brown, fibrous, often furrowed
- Cones: Small, globose, with 6-12 scales
- Distinguishing: Smaller cones than true cypress; flattened branch sprays
Species Encountered
| Species | Photo | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. lawsoniana | |||
| C. obtusa | |||
| C. pisifera | |||
| C. nootkatensis |
Parent: Cupressoideae