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- A legend amongst the Nootka peoples of the Hesquiaht First Nation tells of the origins of the Nootka Cypress.
- The terrified women ran up the mountains, but turned into Nootka Cypress trees when they were out of breath.
- Monterey cypress is one of the parents of the fast-growing cultivated hybrid Leyland cypress, the other parent being Nootka cypress.
- In 2010, Mao et al . performed a more detailed molecular analysis and placed Nootka Cypress back in " Cupressus ".
- While Western Red Cedar was preferred for larger projects ( houses, canoes ), Nootka Cypress was used for smaller carvings such as vessels and utensils.
- Working in the traditional forms and modern media ( usually gold, silver and Nootka Cypress ( yellow cedar ), usually portraying figures, animals, and scenes from folklore.
- The Nootka Cypress is used extensively by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, along with another cypress, " Thuja plicata " ( Western Red Cedar ).
- The Caren Range on the west coast of British Columbia is home to the oldest Nootka Cypress specimens in the world, with one specimen found to be 1, 834 years old ( Gymnosperm Database ).
- It is rated a protected landscape ( category V ) according to the IUCN . The park, which covers most of Shimokita Peninsula, includes the Nootka cypress, and coastal areas have stands of tilia and oak.
- According to the Nootka, this is why Nootka Cypress grows on the sides of mountains, and also why the bark is silky like a woman's hair, the young trunk is smooth like a woman's body.
- The islands are home to the Ta'an Forest, with a wide variety of large endemic trees, including the Sitka spruce, western red cedar, yellow cedar ( Nootka cypress ), shore pine, western hemlock, mountain hemlock, and red alder.
- "Cupressus nootkatensis " is one of the parents of the Monterey Cypress, is also in genus " Cupressus ", the ready formation of this hybrid is a further argument for the placement of the Nootka Cypress close to " Cupressus ".
- The fast-growing hybrid Leyland cypress, much used in gardens, draws one of its parents from this genus ( Nootka cypress, is also sometimes classified in this genus, or else in the separate genus " Xanthocyparis ", but in the past more usually in " Chamaecyparis ".
- In historic preservation it can be used as a substitute for " Thuja plicata " ( Western Red Cedar ) and " Taxodium distichum " ( Baldcypress ), due to current difficulties in obtaining quality timber of those species due to environmental concern and past over-exploitation, although this applies equally to Nootka Cypress.
- More recently, Farjon " et al . " ( 2002 ) transferred it to a new genus " Xanthocyparis ", together with the newly discovered Vietnamese golden cypress " Xanthocyparis vietnamensis "; this species is remarkably similar to Nootka Cypress and the treatment has many arguments in its favour, as while they are not related to " Chamaecyparis ", neither do they fit fully in " Cupressus " despite the many similarities.