Weeping Nootka, Falsecypress, Weeping Alaska-cedar
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)
▲ mature specimen
▲ young plant
▲ close up of pendulous branching
Location on or near campus: not known
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula:’ Weeping
Alaska False Cypress, Weeping Nootka False Cypress
(tree)
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Needles in pairs,
gray-green to blue-green, with keeled or rounded backside, usually scale-like,
but sometimes more spreading on vigorous shoots; leaves have bad odor if crushed
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Medium-sized tree with
strong weeping growth habit on lateral branches; general pyramidal to conical
shape; branchlets are flattened
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Fruit is a small, brown
cone
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Prefers full sun and moist,
well-drained soil