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Also called Atlantic white cypress.
Part of false cypress genus Chamaecyparis in cypress family Cupressaceae.
Native to eastern and southern 🇺🇸 USA. ▭ 🌎︎ Map (scroll down), ▭ 🌎︎ map (North America, Central America), ▭ 🌎︎ today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA). On the West Coast is a sister-species Port Orford cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, and a former-sister-species ◼︎ Alaska yellow cedar Cupressus nootkatensis.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
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🏠︎ 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales cypress family Cupressaceae
Port Orford cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ◼︎ Alaska yellow cedar Cupressus nootkatensis