Species
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana. Photo: (c) Elio Giacone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, known as Port Orford cedar or Lawson cypress, is a species of conifer in the genus Chamaecyparis, family Cupressaceae. It is native to Oregon and northwestern California, and grows from sea level up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in the valleys of the Klamath Mountains, often along streams.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Class: Pinopsida (Conifers)
- Order: Pinales (Conifers)
- Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
- Subfamily: Cupressoideae (Cypresses, cedars, junipers, and allies)
- Genus: Chamaecyparis (False cypress)
- Species: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress)
- Genus: Chamaecyparis (False cypress)
- Subfamily: Cupressoideae (Cypresses, cedars, junipers, and allies)
- Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
- Order: Pinales (Conifers)
- Class: Pinopsida (Conifers)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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