A conical tree to 15 m tall, rarely cultivated except for a few cultivars. Branching irregular with foliage in fine, bunched sprays. Leaves acute, incurved, with indistinct white markings. Female cones 5-6 mm wide, waxy blue becoming brown; scales 4-6 with a small central spine.
Grows naturally in pure stands in swampy areas where it is often immersed for several months of the year.
USA.
Timber an attractive red-brown and used for construction work.
Similar to C.pisifera but distinguished by the fine branchlets to less than 1 mm wide in short, fan-like sprays; cones, when produced, small, only 5-6 mm wide and waxy blue.
NSW: Berrima (Berrima Bridge Nsy).
Source: (1995). Cupressaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis Nana'
A laterally spreading, rounded version of 'Andelyensis'. Origin Detriche Nsy, Angers, France.
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis'
Slow-growing, stiff, dwarf, conical bush with upright branches. Foliage mostly adult in fan-like sprays but juvenile foliage often persists at the base of the plant. Cones are produced freely. In New Zealand's Garden of Tane, Akaroa, a specimen of this 'dwarf' cultivar is recorded at 22 m tall with a 68 cm circumference at breast height; it was planted in the 1870s or 80s. Seedling grown in the Canchois Nsy, Andelys, France in 1850.
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelys Yellow'
Similar to 'Andelyensis' but foliage yellow. Origin Netherlands.
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Ericoides'
A small, regular, compact, conical bush with persistent firm juvenile foliage. In cold areas the foliage turns plum red in the winter. Bergéot Nsy, Le Mans, France, 1840.
Miller & Meyer (1989).
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star'
Compact, conical with soft, greyish, feathery foliage that turns purplish in winter. Presumed by Australian conifer experts to have originated in Australia or New Zealand. Welch, 1993 refers to this as a superfluous name for 'Rubicon' which was introduced by Wansdyke Nsy, Devizes, Wiltshire, uk in 1971. Found by h. Welch in Tennessee Valley Nsy, Tennessee, usa.
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Variegata'
Slow-growing bush with open, slender, ragged branches, with yellow-variegated adult foliage. Ireland in the 1820s.