Cupressaceae
White cypress
Chamaecyparis thyoides
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
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Common names
By language (11)
- Armenian
- Գետնանոճի թույնման
- Chinese
- 美国尖叶扁柏, 尖叶扁柏
- Czech
- Cypřišek zeravovitý
- Danish
- Hvid Ædelcypres
- English
- White cypress, Atlantic white cedar, Atlantic white cypress, False-cypress, Southern white cedar, White cedar tree, Whitecedar
- German
- Weiße Scheinzypresse
- Icelandic
- Hvítsýprus
- Irish
- Céadar bán, Céadras bán, Céadras geal
- Japanese
- ヌマヒノキ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hvit sypress
- Persian
- سرو سفید اطلسی
Synonyms
- Chamaecyparis atrovirens Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis ericoides Carrière
- Chamaecyparis kewensis Carrière
- Chamaecyparis nana Parl.
- Chamaecyparis pseudosquarrosa Parl.
- Chamaecyparis pumila Carrière
- Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea (Spreng.) Spach
- Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea var. andelyensis Carrière
- Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea var. glauca Endl.
- Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea var. pendula J.Nelson
- Chamaecyparis squarrosa Carrière
- Chamaecyparis thyoides f. andelyensis (Carrière) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis thyoides f. ericoides (Carrière) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis thyoides f. glauca (Endl.) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis thyoides f. variegata (Hoopes) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis variegata Carrière
- Cupressus ericoides Beissn.
- Cupressus palustris Salisb.
- Cupressus pseudosquarrosa (Carrière) Lavallée
- Cupressus thyoides L.
- Cupressus thyoides var. variegata Hoopes
- Retinispora andelyensis Carrière
- Retinispora pseudosquarrosa Carrière
- Thuja sphaeroidalis Rich. & A.Rich.
- Thuja sphaeroidea Spreng.
- Widdringtonia ericoides Knight
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.