Chamaecyparis thyoides

Atlantic White Cedar

Narrow, columnar evergreen with bluish-green sprays and thin gray to reddish-brown bark. Found in freshwater bogs, swamps, stream banks. Full sun, moist sandy soil. Native to RI. 40-50' x 10-20'.

©George F. Russell. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester, PA. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute.