Foliage:
Green (Sprays of evergreen foliage); Brown (Foliage can be brownish during the winter)
Fruit:
Brown (Small cones; not ornamentally important)
Soil:
Fairly adaptable, but performs best on moist to wet soils with good aeration; tolerates slightly alkaline soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Abruptly-pointed leaves are darker green above and a lighter dull green below. Leaves on main branches have a small yellowish gland on abaxial surface. Scales of cones overlap (Chamaecyparis cone scales open up). No hooks on cone scales as in Platycladus.
