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Definition of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
1. Noun. Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament.
Generic synonyms: Cedar, Cedar Tree
Group relationships: Chamaecyparis, Genus Chamaecyparis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis
Literary usage of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Postelsia: The Year Book of the Minnesota Seaside Station by Minnesota Seaside Station (1906)
"chamaecyparis nootkatensis Spach. Hist. Veg. 9. 333. 1842. Mt. Edinburgh and
Gordon River Valley. FK Butters. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Yellow cedar (chamaecyparis nootkatensis). The Forest Service is still trying to
figure out why all the yellow cedar trees in Southeast are dying. ..."
3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1913)
"In Dendrology, the observation that chamaecyparis nootkatensis, which elsewhere
shows an annual fruiting form, in Alaska (Chugach Forest) seems to be of ..."
4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"The ones most commonly found are lodge pole pine, Alaska cedar (Chamaecyparis
nootkatensis), and Sitka spruce. These grow poorly in sphagnum. ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... EH4—chamaecyparis nootkatensis. This is a largo timber tree of the north
Pacific coast. It is hardy, but little known in the East. ..."