Chamaecyparis thyoides

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Scientific Names

Read about Chamaecyparis thyoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Chamaecyparis thyoides, Brit. (C. sphaeroldea, Spach. Cupressus thyoides, Linn.). White Cedar. Tree, to 70 or 80 ft., with erect-spreading branches: branchlets irregularly arranged, spreading, not pendulous, very thin and slender, flattened: lvs. closely imbricate, glaucous or light green, with a conspicuous gland on the back, fragrant: cones small, ¼in. diam., bluish purple, with glaucous bloom. From Maine to Fla., west to Miss. S.S. 10:529. M.D.G. 1896:301 (habit). Beissner 529 (habit). Var. ericoides, Sudworth (C. ericoides, Carr. Retinospora ericoides, Hort.). Compact shrub, of erect, dense habit: lvs. linear-lanceolate, spreading, with 2 glaucous lines beneath, coloring in winter usually reddish brown. Beissner 532; see also Retinospora. Var. andelyensis, Silva-Tarouca (C. sphaeroidea andelyensis, Carr. C. leptoclada, Hochst. Retinospora leptoclada, Hort., not Zucc.). Intermediate form between the former and the type; bluish green, and of erect growth, with loosely apprcssed, lanceolate lvs.; often some branchlets with lvs. of the type and some with lvs. of the var. ericoides. R.H. 1869, p. 32, and 1880, p. 36. M.D.G 1890:329. R.B. 2:155. Beissner 532; see also Retinospora. Var. glauca, Sudworth (C. sphaeroidea glauca, Endl. Var. kewensis, Hort.). Of compact habit, very glaucous, with silvery hue. Var. variegata, Sudworth (Cupressus thyoides variegata, Loud.). Branchlets partially colored golden yellow. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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