Object Details
Hardiness
-30 - 10 F
Ethnobotanical Uses
Native Northwest Coastal people of the US and Canada used this tree to make everything from bows to bowls, and even ceremonial masks. The inner bark was used to make cloth and baskets.
Provenance
From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
Accession Number
2019-0330A
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Life Form
Evergreen tree
Average Height
20 to 35'
Bark Characteristics
Shredding, red-brown bark
Cone Characteristics
Cones are round, brown, and .33-.5" across. Ripen in their second year.
Foliage Characteristics
Blue-green needles do not have white markings (like those typical of chamaecyparis). Unpleasant odor when crushed.
Structure
Pyramidal; weeping
Range
cultivated
Habitat
Bottomlands along streams
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Smithsonian Castle
Common Name
weeping Alaskan cedar
weeping Nootka cypress
weeping Sitka cypress
weeping yellow cedar
Group
[vascular plants]
Class
Equisetopsida
Subclass
Pinidae
Order
Cupressales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Callitropsis
Species
nootkatensis
Data Source
Smithsonian Gardens
Topic
Trees
Living Collections
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Record ID
ofeo-sg_2019-0330A