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Xanthocyparis nootkatensis
About
Callitropsis nootkatensis, formerly known as Cupressus nootkatensis, is a species of tree in the cypress family native to the coastal regions of northwestern North America. This species goes by many common names including: Nootka cypress, yellow cypress, Alaska cypress, Nootka cedar, yellow cedar, Alaska cedar, and Alaska yellow cedar. The specific epithet nootkatensis is derived from the species being from the area of Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. Both locations are named for the older European name Nootka, given the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Xanthocyparis nootkatensis
- Slug
- xanthocyparis-nootkatensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Xanthocyparis
- Species
- nootkatensis
- Wikidata QID
- Q163811
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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