Dwarf Goldbrabch Falsecypress

Dwarf Gold Threadbranch Falsecypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea Nana'

Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)

▲ small plant

▲ closer view of longer flexible twigs with short, awl-like needles

Location on or near campus: east side of Karls Hall.

Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera Aurea:’ Gold Threadbranch False Cypress (shrub)

• branchlets slender, more rounded, cordlike, needles slightly spreading at tips of branchlets; needles in pairs with whitish lines on them
• grows in 6-8' tall and 10' wide in a drooping mound
• fruit is a small yellow-brown cone
• prefers full sun, moist, high-organic matter, well-drained acidic soils
• medium growth rate