Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's Cypress, Port Orford Cedar)

 

Kingdom

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 Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom

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 Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision

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 Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division

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 Coniferophyta – Conifers

Class

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 Pinopsida

Order

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 Pinales

Family

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 Cupressaceae – Cypress family

Genus

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 Chamaecyparis Spach – cedar

Species

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 Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl. – Port Orford cedar

A large evergreen conifer, up to 200’ tall at maturity. It's natural range is from southwest Oregon to the far northwestern regions of California in the Klamath Mountains valleys, often along streams.
   

See Identification of False Cedars for more information.
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