Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides), also called southern white-cedar, white-cedar, and swamp-cedar, is found most frequently in small dense stands in fresh water swamps and bogs. Heavy cutting for many commercial uses during this century has considerably reduced even the largest stands so that the total volume of this species growing stock is not currently known. It is still considered a commercially important single species in the major supply areas of North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Florida.
Images of Atlantic White-cedar
Forestryimages.org provides several images of parts of Atlantic white-cedar. The tree is a conifer and the lineal taxonomy is Pinopsida > Pinales > Cupressaceae > Chamaecyparis thyoides. Chamaecyparis thyoides is commonly called Atlantic white-cedar, southern white-cedar, white cypress, swamp cedar.
The Range of Atlantic White-cedar
Atlantic white-cedar grows in a narrow coastal belt 80 to 210 km (50 to 130 miles) wide from southern Maine to northern Florida and west to southern Mississippi. Atlantic white-cedar forests, however, have always been of minor importance because the scarcity of suitable sites makes distribution of the species within the coastal belt exceedingly patchy. White-cedar is most important commercially in southeastern New Jersey, southeastern Virginia, eastern North Carolina, and northwestern Florida.
