Atlantic White CedarChamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg

Taxon ID: 317

Summary

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) is a species in the genus Chamaecyparis.

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MBP has 102 records spanning seven counties.

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Atlantic White Cedar, with mature female cones, in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/11/2019).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Jim Brighton View Record

Atlantic White Cedar in Wicomico Co., Maryland (12/30/2012).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Jim Brighton

Atlantic White Cedar in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/4/2018).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Jim Brighton View Record

The trunks of two Atlantic White Cedars in Worcester Co., Maryland (2/23/2013).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Jim Brighton

Atlantic White Cedar in Dorchester Co., Maryland (1/1/2013).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Bill Hubick

An Atlantic White Cedar in Worcester Co., Maryland (3/22/2014).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Bill Hubick View Record

An Atlantic White Cedar in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/5/2015).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Bill Hubick View Record

Atlantic White Cedar in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/16/2012).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Wayne Longbottom View Record

An Atlantic White Cedar in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/13/2014).

Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg) Media by Bill Hubick View Record

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Status

Atlantic White-Cedar is nowhere abundant, growing in a narrow coastal belt from southern Maine to northern Florida and west to southern Mississippi.

Description

Bark is thin, and on old trunks shaggy gray or reddish and fibrous, divided into narrow, flat ridges that sometimes spiral around the stem. Leaves evergreen, scalelike and overlapping, and arranged in flat sprays, which distinguish it from Eastern Red Cedar, the only other evergreen conifer likely to be found near it. Female cones rounded, greenish at first, reddish-brown at maturity, and developing in one summer. Seeds winged, shed in early fall.

Where To Find

In Maryland, it is found in fresh water swamps and along streams, on the Coastal Plain (southern Eastern Shore). It is uncommon (Brown and Brown, 1972).