Weeping Nootka

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)

• 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
• Medium-sized tree with strong weeping growth habit on lateral branches; general pyramidal to conical shape; branchlets are flattened
• Fruit is a small, brown cone
• Prefers full sun and moist, well-drained soil