Chamaecyparis thyoides, the Atlantic white cedar, Atlantic white cypress, southern white cedar, whitecedar, or false-cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is native to the Atlantic coast of North America and is found from southern Maine to Georgia and along the Gulf of Mexico coast from Florida to Mississippi. It is one of two species of Chamaecyparis found in North America. C. thyoides resides on the East Coast and C. lawsoniana can be found on the West Coast.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic white cedar being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chamaecyparis pisifera
- Chamaecyparis obtusa
- × Hesperotropsis leylandii
- Juniperus virginiana
- Juniperus maritima
- Thuja occidentalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
- Species
- Chamaecyparis thyoides
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