Cupressaceae
Alaska cedar
Callitropsis nootkatensis
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Callitropsis
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Common names
By language (25)
- Asturian
- Ciprés de nootka
- Catalan
- Xiprer de Nootka
- Chinese
- 阿拉斯加黃雪鬆, 阿拉斯加黄雪松
- Croatian
- Nutkanski pačempres
- Czech
- Cypřišek nutkajský, Pacypřiš nutkajský
- Danish
- Nutkacypres
- Dutch
- Nootkacipres
- English
- Alaska cedar, Nootka cypress, Alaska yellow-cedar, Sitka cypress, Yellow-cedar, Yellow-cypress
- Finnish
- Nutkansypressi
- German
- Nootka-Scheinzypresse
- Hebrew
- ברוש נוקטה
- hsb
- Nutkowa cypresa
- Hungarian
- Nutka ciprus
- Icelandic
- Alaskasýprus
- Japanese
- アラスカヒノキ
- Lithuanian
- Nutkinis geltkiparisis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nutkasypress
- Persian
- سرو آلاسکا
- Polish
- Cyprysik nutkajski
- Russian
- Кипарис нутканский
- Slovenian
- Nutkanska pacipresa
- Swedish
- Nutkacypress
- Ukrainian
- Кипарис нутканський
- Vietnamese
- Bách Nootka
- Welsh
- Cypreswydden Nootka
Synonyms
- Chamaecyparis excelsa Fisch. ex Carrière
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Spach
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. compacta (Gordon) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. glauca (Müll.Stuttg.) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. lutea (Müll.Stuttg.) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. pendula (G.Nicholson) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. viridis-pendula Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. glauca Müll.Stuttg.
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. pendula G.Nicholson
- Cupressus americana Trautv.
- Cupressus nootkatensis D.Don
- Cupressus nootkatensis var. compacta Gordon
- Cupressus nootkatensis var. glauca (Müll.Stuttg.) G.Kirchn.
- Cupressus nootkatensis var. lutea Webster
- Cupressus nootkatensis var. pendula (G.Nicholson) Webster
- Thuja excelsa Bong.
- Thujopsis borealis Carrière
- Thujopsis cupressoides Carrière
- Thujopsis tchugatskoyae Carrière
- Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Farjon & D.K.Harder
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.