| Scientific Name: | Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea' |
| Common Name: | gold threadleaf false cypress |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Pendulous |
| Form: | Mounded, Weeping |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Scale-like, Opposite, Imbricate, Prickly, Glabrous, Rhomboidal, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Green-yellow, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Long cord-like golden branchlets; leaves scale-like in opposing pairs, 2-6mm long x 1-2mm wide, apex awl-like. | |