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Also called Lawson cypress and Lawson's cypress, presumably from the species-specific name lawsoniana.
Some taxonomists consider the 1–4 species of cedar genus Cedrus, (found from the Mediterranean Sea to the 🗻︎ Himalaya mountains) to be the only true cedars. But the common name cedar is used to describe at least 32 species, in 20 genera, in 9 families (found 🌍︎🌎︎🌏︎ globally except Antarctica). Regardless, this plant is …
Part of false cypress genus Chamaecyparis in cypress / juniper / redwood family Cupressaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA West. 🗺 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