Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Cupressaceae > Chamaecyparis > Chamaecyparis thyoidesChamaecyparis thyoides (White Cypress; Atlantic white cedar; Atlantic White-cedar; Atlantic White Cypress)Synonyms: Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea var. andelyensis; Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea var. glauca; Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea var. pendula; Chamaecyparis thyoides f. andelyensis; Chamaecyparis thyoides f. ericoides; Chamaecyparis thyoides f. glauca; Chamaecyparis thyoides f. variegata; Cupressus ericoides; Cupressus thyoides var. variegata Language: Chi; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Rus; Slo; Spa Chamaecyparis thyoides (Atlantic white cedar, Atlantic white cypress, southern white cedar, whitecedar, or false-cypress), a species of Cupressaceae, is native to the Atlantic coast of North America and is found from southern Maine to Georgia and along the Gulf of Mexico coast from Florida to Mississippi. It is one of two species of Chamaecyparis found in North America. C. thyoides resides on the East Coast and C. lawsoniana can be found on the West Coast. There are two geographically isolated subspecies, treated by some botanists as distinct species, by others at just varietal rank: Chamaecyparis thyoides thyoides and Chamaecyparis thyoides henryae (H.L.Li) E.Murray (syn. Chamaecyparis thyoides subsp. henryae (H.L.Li) Little; Chamaecyparis henryae H.L.Li) The species grows in forested wet |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium-Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | | Shade Percentage [1] | 91 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | None | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Medium | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 4 months 20 days | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Fall | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | | Janka Hardness [4] | 350 lbf (159 kgf) Very Soft | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 16 inches (41 cm) | | Scent [3] | The crushed foliage has a rather gingery hot aroma. | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Moderate | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 459999 / lb (1014125 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.32 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | Plants can be grown as a tall hedge; Any trimming should be done in the summer;
Wood - soft, not strong, close grained, very durable, easily worked, light, slightly fragrant. It weighs 21lb per cubic foot. It is commonly used for woodenware, cooperage, fence posts, interior finish of houses etc; Wood found buried in swamps for hundreds of years is perfectly sound and not water-logged; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | Moderate | | | Flower Color [2] | Green | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Height [3] | 33 feet (10 m) | | Width [3] | 9.84 feet (3 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mixed Sun/Shade | | Soil Acidity [2] | Very Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | | Water Use [1] | Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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