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yellow cypress

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Noun1.yellow cypress - tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornamentyellow cypress - tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis - a genus of Chamaecyparis


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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.
This graceful turn-of-the-century shingle style "cottage" features a magnificent Great Room with a massive fieldstone fireplace, soaring ceiling, and a dramatic interior balcony of antique yellow cypress that connects all six bedrooms to the rooms below.
Red cypress, in addition to having a red hue, usually denotes a coastal origin and yellow cypress an inland one.
 
 
 
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