| Scientific Name: | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana |
| Common Name: | Lawson cypress, Port Orford cypress |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Hedge row, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Scale-like, Opposite, Imbricate, Prickly, Glandular hairs, Distinctive smell, Rhomboidal, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Red, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Spiraling, open, glowing tree, nodding leader, branch sprays flat and upright; leaves scale-like, most 2-3mm long, soft, dark green to gold, white X on underside; male cones bright pink at tips of branchlets; pollen cones 2-4mm, red to purple; female cones like soccer ball and 6-9(-12)mm round, (6-)8-10 scales with the apical pair fused; seeds 2-4 per scale, 2-5mm long with wing as broad; seedlings with 2 cotyledons. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/cu/Chamaecyparis_lawsoniana.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |