| Scientific Name: | Callitropsis nootkatensis ( syn. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ) |
| Common Name: | Nootka cypress, yellow cedar |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Scale-like, Opposite, Imbricate, Leathery, Prickly, Glabrous, Deltoid, Rhomboidal, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Green-yellow, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves fleshy, scale-like, and all similar so appearing 4-sided rather than flattened., most 1.5-2.5mm; pollen cones 2-4mm long, grayish brown with yellow pollen sacs; seed cones 6-12mm round, spiky with 4-6 thick scales, dark reddish brown; seeds 2-4 per scale, 2-5mm long. <a href ="https://www.conifers.org/cu/Cupressus_nootkatensis.php" target="_blank">Conifers.org</a> | |