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Cupressus nootkatensis (D.Don 1824) is a cypress of the Cupressaceae family that possesses a chequered taxonomic and nomenclatural history. This species goes by many common names including Nootka Cypress, Yellow Cypress and Alaska Cypress. Even though it is not a cedar, it is also sometimes confusingly called "Nootka Cedar", "Yellow Cedar", "Alaska Cedar", or "Alaska Yellow Cedar". Its name derives from its discovery on the lands of a First Nation of Canada, those lands of the

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More Info

• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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