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SPECIES: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | Alaska-Cedar 



ABBREVIATION : 
CHANOO

SYNONYMS : 
   Cupressus nookatensis D.Don.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   CHNO


COMMON NAMES : 
   Alaska-cedar
   Alaska cedar
   Alaska yellow-cedar
   Alaska yellowcedar
   yellow-cedar
   Alaska cypress
   Nootka cypress
   Nootka false-cypress
   Sitka cypress
   yellow cypress
   mountain cypress
   cypress


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of Alaska-cedar is Chamaecyparis
nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach.  It is a member of the Cypress family
(Cupressaceae) [32].

Alaska-cedar hybridizes with members of the genus Cupressus.  The hybrids
are as follows [23,24]:

Cupressocyparis X notabilis (Cupressus glabra x Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Cupressocyparis X ovensii (Cupressus lusitanica x Chamaecypais nootkatensis)
Cupressocyparis X leylandii (Cupressus macrocarpa x Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)

The hybrids have been extensively introduced in Great Britain [23].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Randy Scott Griffith, July 1992.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Griffith, Randy Scott.  1992.  Chamaecyparis nootkatensis.  In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | Alaska-Cedar