Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Port Orford CedarOther Common Names: Lawson's Cypress
Other Common Names: Lawson's Cypress
Non-flowering
Tiny, scale-like, bright green to blue green leaves have silver marks beneath.
Thick, silvery-brown to reddish-brown bark is furrowed.
Spherical female cones (1/4 to 3/8" diameter) are green maturing to brown. Oblong male cones are smaller, reddish-brown and oblong.
110-175' feet
30-60' feet
Easily grown in average, moist but well-drained soils.
Primarily being found on seaward slopes in a coastal belt along Pacific Coast mountain ranges from Coos Bay in southwestern Oregon to the Klamath River in northwestern California, with isolated additional populations in northern California near the Trinity Mountains and Mount Shasta.
