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Alaska Cedar (Alaska Cypress, Nootka False Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Alaska Yellow Cedar)

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Cupressus nootkatensis)

Evergreen Tree, Native

Height

40 - 100 (feet)

Spread

15 - 30 (feet)

Distinctions

Usually a medium size tree; unusual drooping branches; dull gray needles; small, gray cones; transplants easily.

Limitations

Needs wind protection and high moisture; develops into a large plant, needs space, but very slow growing in SC. Plant in the most protected locations, like the north side of a house. No knowledge of trees growing in or north of Anchorage.

Hardiness

SE (Zone 4)

Origin

Southeast Alaska to Yakutat; northeast half of Prince William Sound, Pacific coast region through British Columbia and in the mountains of central Washington, Oregon and northwest California.

Cultivars

‘Pendula’ Weeping branches.
Alaska Cedar (Alaska Cypress, Nootka False Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Alaska Yellow Cedar)