Chamaecyparis thyoides

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Chamaecyparis thyoides, the Atlantic white cedar, Atlantic white cypress, southern white cedar, whitecedar, or false-cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is native to the Atlantic coast of North America and is found from southern Maine to Georgia and along the Gulf of Mexico coast from Florida to Mississippi. It is one of two species of Chamaecyparis found in North America. C. thyoides resides on the East Coast and C. lawsoniana can be found on the West Coast. There are two geographically isolated subspecies, treated by some botanists as distinct species, by others at just varietal rank: Chamaecyparis thyoides thyoides and Chamaecyparis thyoides henryae (H.L.Li) E.Murray

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