False Cypress

Callitropsis nootkatensis

(D.Don) Oerst. Species

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Botanical name
Callitropsis nootkatensis
Also known as
Alaska Yellow-Cedar, Alaska-Cedar, False Cypress, Nootka False Cypress, Yellow-Cedar, Yellow-Cypress
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Callitropsis
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow False Cypress

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Callitropsis nootkatensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Callitropsis nootkatensis Chamaecyparis excelsa Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. compacta Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. glauca Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. lutea Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. pendula Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. viridis-pendula Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. glauca Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. pendula Cupressus americana Cupressus nootkatensis Cupressus nootkatensis var. compacta Cupressus nootkatensis var. glauca Cupressus nootkatensis var. lutea Cupressus nootkatensis var. pendula Thuja excelsa Thujopsis borealis Thujopsis cupressoides Thujopsis tchugatskoyae Xanthocyparis nootkatensis

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