Scientific name: Cupressus nootkatensis (N)

Common name: yellow cedar

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 15-22m tall, 7-10m wide

Form: pyramidal, weeping

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: acidic, well-drained.

Leaf arrangement: scale-like (simple)

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: female cone; spiky ball. Male cone green/yellow.

Limitations: central tap root therefore hard to transplant and needs deep soil. Bad smell of leaves (dirt and cat pee)

Suitable uses: large landscape

Quick ID: conifer. Tree. Scale-like (simple), same scales as Chamaecyparis but has yellow stems (unique). Leaves droop.

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