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Chamaecyparis
(redirected from False Cypress)

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Noun1.Chamaecyparis - a genus of ChamaecyparisChamaecyparis - a genus of Chamaecyparis            
gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars
Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cypress, white cedar - slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar - large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
Alaska cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Nootka cypress, yellow cedar, yellow cypress - tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament


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Cupressus nootkatensis, of the Family Cupressaceae Common Names Yellow cedar, Alaska yellow cedar, Alaskan yellow cedar, nootka false cypress, yellow cypress, Pacific coast yellow cedar, Alaska cypress, Alaska ground cypress, Alaska zeder, cedro giallo, cipresso Americano, du jutka, jypres jaune, Nootka Sound cypress, sitka yellow-cedar cypress, Nootka chamaecyparis Height/Weight Average height is 50 to 100 feet, but can grow to 170 feet with 4- to 6-foot trunk diameters.
False cypress is a joy to use as it varies in texture, color and form thus providing a mind-blowing range of possibilities.
I watched an animal watching me as it showered under the sprinkler between the dwarf false cypress and a lady's mantle I peered at it and watched in the failing light and thought it peered at me but it was only a clod in shadow.
 
 
 
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