Family | Cupressaceae |
Scientific_Name | Chamaecyparis thyoides |
Common_Name | Atlantic white cedar |
Habit | Large Tree |
Range | NW NE C |
Site | Moist, Wet |
Foliage | Scale-like, small glands visible |
Bark | Thin, ashy gray to reddish brown, divided into flat ridges |
Fruit | 3 mm long, laterally winged seeds in a glaucous, greenish to bluish, globose cone. Older cones are woody. |
Comment | More common in NW Florida, this species is very narrowly distributed in bays of NE and Central Florida. |