A plant genus of the family CUPRESSACEAE which should not be confused with other cedar and cypress trees of THUJA or CUPRESSUS genera.

Synonyms: False Cypresses, Lawson's Yellow Cedars Yellow Cypress White Cedars, Atlantic Chamaecyparis nootkatenses Atlantic White Cedars Cypress, Lawson False Cypress, Lawsons False Yellow Cypresses nootkatenses, Chamaecyparis Cypresses, Lawson's False Cedars, Yellow Chamaecyparis thyoide txid187463 Lawson False Cypress Cypress, Hinoki thyoides, Chamaecyparis Chamaecyparis lawsonianas Atlantic White Cedar txid13414 txid13415 Cypresses, Yellow Lawsons False Cypress Chamaecyparis obtusas Chamaecypari Chamaecyparis Chamaecyparis lawsoniana White Cedar, Atlantic Lawson's False Cypress obtusas, Chamaecyparis Cypress, Lawson's False Hinoki Cypress txid58030 False Cypress, Lawson's txid85954 Lawson's False Cypresses Chamaecyparis obtusa Cedar, Atlantic White Chamaecyparis thyoides Cypress, Yellow Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Cedar, Yellow lawsonianas, Chamaecyparis Cedars, Atlantic White Yellow Cedar