Port Orford Cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Port Orford cedar is a tall, graceful Pacific Northwest conifer with soft, fern-like sprays of scale foliage and a spire-like crown. A stately native evergreen for moist, cool sites.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 110–175 ft
- Spacing
- 30–60 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, OR