Xanthocyparis nootkatensis formerly Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
	Yellow Cypress, Alaska Cedar, Yellow Cedar
		4 to 7
	Oregon to Alaska - United States - Canada
	Conical with drooping branches.
	Up to 150 feet - Commonly 60 to 90 feet.
	Dense evergreen foliage is a light bluish color - Opposite, scale-like needles in 4 rows. Similar to those of western redcedar (Thuja plicata) with the 4 rows of leaves all the same while redcedar has two opposite rows of folded leaves. Crushed leaves have an unpleasant, mildew odor.
	Needs a moist climate
	'Compacta' - large globular bush which may grow 20 feet tall 'Glauca' - foliage very glaucous 'Lutea' - young shoots a soft yellow-green, finally green 'Pendula' - erect trunk, horizontal branches and pendulous branchlets.
	Specimens of this tree in the Pacific Northwest are reported to live 1,000 to 1,500 years.

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