Index / Search / Chamaecyparis thyoides
§1 Plant
Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
vernacular Atlantic white cedar — species · Cupressaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Cupressaceae Gray
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 117 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -36 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 140 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 3.5–6.3
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 20 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 460,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 117 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CHTH2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2683871 ↗Record version
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