Cupressaceae
Lawson's cypress
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
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Common names
By language (37)
- Armenian
- Գետնանոճի լավսոնի
- Asturian
- Ciprés de Lawson
- Azerbaijani
- Lavson sərvpəri
- Basque
- Lawson altzifre
- Belarusian
- Кіпарысавік Лаўзона
- Bulgarian
- Кипарис на Лоусън
- Catalan
- Cedre de Port Orford, Xifrer de Lawson
- Chinese
- 美国扁柏, 美國扁柏
- Czech
- Cypřišek Lawsonův
- Danish
- Lawson-Cypres, Lawsoncypres
- Dutch
- Californische cipres, Californische cypres, Lawsoncipres
- English
- Lawson's cypress, Port Orford cedar, Lawson cypress
- Estonian
- Kalifornia ebaküpress
- Finnish
- Lawsoninsypressi, Huonekataja
- French
- Cyprès de Lawson, Cypres de Lawson
- Galician
- Alcipreste de Lawson
- German
- Lawsons Scheinzypresse, Lawson-Scheinzypresse, Oregonzeder
- Hebrew
- ברושית לארסון
- hsb
- Tupa cypresa
- Hungarian
- Oregoni hamisciprus
- Icelandic
- Fagursýprus
- io
- Lawson-kamecipariso
- Irish
- Cufróg Lawson
- Italian
- Cipresso di Lawson
- Japanese
- ローソンヒノキ
- Lithuanian
- Lausono puskiparisis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lawsonsypress
- Persian
- کاج طلایی
- Polish
- Cyprysik Lawsona
- Portuguese
- Camecíparis-de-lawson, Cedro do Oregon, Cedro do Óregão, Cedro-branco, Cedro-do-óregão, Cipreste, Cipreste de lawson, Cipreste-de-lawson
- Russian
- Кипарисовик Лавсона
- Slovenian
- Lawsonova pacipresa
- Spanish
- Cameciparis de Lawson, Camecíparis de Lawson, Cedro de Oregon, Cedro de Oregón, Cedro de Puerto Oxford, Falso ciprés de Lawson
- Swedish
- Ädelcypress
- Turkish
- Elwoodii Çamı
- Ukrainian
- Кипарисовик Лавсона
- Welsh
- Cypreswydden lawson
Synonyms
- Chamaecyparis allumii (Webster) Heydt
- Chamaecyparis boursieri f. viridis Hartwig & Rümpler
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. alba-spica (Gordon) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. aluminii Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. argentea (P.Lawson ex Gordon) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. erecta (H.Jaeger) C.K.Schneid.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. filiformis Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. fletcheri Rehder
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. fraseri Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. glauca (H.Jaeger) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. glaucescens Rehder
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. gracilis (J.Nelson) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. intertexta (R.Sm.) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. lutea C.K.Schneid.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. nana Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. pendula (Beissn.) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. pendula-alba (Paul ex Gordon) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana f. pendula-vera Voss
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. argentea (P.Lawson ex Gordon) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. billwoodiana Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. glauca (H.Jaeger) W.Hochst.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. minima-glauca (R.Sm.) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. nana-glauca Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. pendula Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. pendula-vera A.H.Kent
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana var. stewartii Schelle
- Cupressus fragrans Kellogg
- Cupressus lawsoniana A.Murray bis
- Cupressus lawsoniana f. alumnii (Webster) Beissn.
- Cupressus lawsoniana f. argentea (P.Lawson ex Gordon) Geerinck
- Cupressus lawsoniana f. lutea (R.Sm.) Geerinck
- Cupressus lawsoniana f. stewartii (Schelle) Geerinck
- Cupressus lawsoniana f. viridis (Hartwig & Rümpler) Geerinck
- Cupressus lawsoniana var. alba-spica Gordon
- Cupressus lawsoniana var. alba-spica-nana Gordon
- Cupressus lawsoniana var. alumnii Webster
- Cupressus lawsoniana var. argentea P.Lawson ex Gordon
- Cupressus lawsoniana var. erecta H.Jaeger
- Cupressus lawsoniana var. filiformis (Fillot) A.H.Kent
- Cupressus lawsoniana var. glauca H.Jaeger
and 9 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: jonleebotany, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zachary Collier from Hood River, OR, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zachary Collier from Hood River, OR, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jami Dwyer from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jami Dwyer from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jami Dwyer from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.