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Also called Lawson cypress and Lawson's cypress, presumably from the species-specific name lawsoniana.
Part of false cypress genus Chamaecyparis in cypress / juniper / redwood family Cupressaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native to western 🇺🇸 USA. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (scroll down). Invasive > Hawai'i Further north lives the former-sister-species ◼︎ Alaska yellow cedar Callitropsis nootkatensis, and on the East Coast lives a sister-species ◼︎ Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
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🏠︎ 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales cypress / juniper / redwood family Cupressaceae
◼︎ Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides ◼︎ Alaska yellow cedar Callitropsis nootkatensis