Chamaecyparis thyoides

• BOTANICAL NAME: Chamaecyparis thyoides
• PRONUNCIATION: kam-uh-SIP-uh-ris THY-oi-des
• COMMON NAME: Atlantic White-cedar
• FAMILY: Cupressaceae
• NATIVITY: Maine, south to Florida, in the coastal plain, swamps and bogs.
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright, columnar.
• SIZE: 40 - 50' in cultivation but 80' or greater in native habitat.
• HARDINESS: Zone 3 - 9.
• CULTURE: Sun, with ample water. Typically grows in lowland and swamps. One of the few conifers that will grow in wet soils. Will tolerate moderately moist soils in landscape.
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS: Seral
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  Obligate
• LANDSCAPE USE: May be used as a specimen, although works best as a group. May be used as a hedging plant, particularly do to its narrow habit.
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, approximately 1/12" long. Scalelike leaves closely
  adpressed to the stem. Lateral pairs, boat-shaped, with sharply pointed tips.
  Leaves with white margins and oil glands.
• BUDS:
• BARK: Reddish brown.
• FRUIT: Cone, spherical about 1/4". Typically numerous with typically 4 - 5 scales.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS: `Andelyensis' - columnar form to 10'.