Plants Profile for Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port Orford cedar)

General Information
Symbol:	CHLA
Group:	Gymnosperm
Family:	Cupressaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	L48 N
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CA, Berkeley, Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden. June 5, 2003. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CA, Sacramento, Goethe Arboretum. June 3, 2003. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, WA, Cowlitz Co., Lake Sacajawea Park. March 9, 2005. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, WA, Cowlitz Co., Lake Sacajawea Park. December 23, 2004. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, WA, Cowlitz Co., Lake Sacajawea Park. January 31, 2005. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, WA, Cowlitz Co., Lake Sacajawea Park. February 5, 2005. Usage Requirements.

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. Usage Requirements.

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, OR, Charleston, South Slough. 2002. Usage Requirements.

W.J. Allyn. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, OR. 1937. Usage Requirements.

L.D. Bailey. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, WA, Port Oxford. 1931. Usage Requirements.

Ernest Lindsay. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, OR. 1935. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CULA3	Cupressus lawsoniana A. Murray bis
RELA2	Retinispora lawsoniana (A. Murray bis) A.V. Bobrov & Melikyan

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Coniferophyta – Conifers
Class	Pinopsida
Order	Pinales
Family	Cupressaceae – Cypress family
Genus	Chamaecyparis Spach – cedar
Species	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray bis) Parl. – Port Orford cedar

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU