Yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)

Names

Latin (scientific) name: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

Common English name: Yellow-cedar

Other names: Alaska-cedar, Nootka-cypress, Nootka false cypress, yellow-cypress

French name: Chamaecyparis jaune

Habitat

This shade-tolerant, slow-growing species grows individually or in clumps with conifers.

Other notes

Mostly found along the Pacific coast.