Scientific name: Thujopsis dolabrata

Common name:  lizard tree.

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

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

Form: pyramidal, upright

Water use: moderate, high

Soil requirements: well-drained. Acidic.

Leaf arrangement: scale-like. Simple.

Fall colour: none.

Flower/cone/fruit description: brown cone, open and spreading.

Limitations: none

Suitable uses: specimen.

Quick ID: conifer. Tree. Evergreen. Scale-like leaves, overlapping and flattened. White stomatal bands; thicker bands than Thuja plicata (unique). Rope like branches. And lizard texture (unique). Fat overlapping scales with lots of white.