Atlantic White Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Atlantic white cedar is a slender wetland conifer of acidic swamps along the East Coast, with blue-green scale foliage. The sole larval host for the rare Hessel's hairstreak butterfly.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–60 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA