Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
(A.Murray bis) Parl. · speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Chamaecyparis lawsoniana's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 957 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, known as Port Orford cedar or Lawson cypress, is a species of conifer in the genus Chamaecyparis, family Cupressaceae. It is native to Oregon and northwestern California, and grows from sea level up to 1500 m in the valleys of the Klamath Mountains, often along streams.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology11
Life cycle & reproduction33
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment26
Physiology & chemistry23
Uses & economy16
Other traits8
Compounds documented for Chamaecyparis lawsoniana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds206 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-1(10),4-Cadinadiene | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Beyerene | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Caryophyllene | present | LOTUS | |
| (1E,8E)-2,6,6,9-tetramethylcycloundeca-1,4,8-triene | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R)-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-[(1R)-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]octadeca-3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-octaen-1-ynyl]cyclohex-3-en-1-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,13R)-7,7-Dimethyl-8,12,20-trioxapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,11.04,9.014,19]henicosa-2(11),3,5,9,14(19),15,17-heptaen-17-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3R,4R,7R,9S,10R,13R,14R)-14-(hydroxymethyl)-5,5,9-trimethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecane-3,7,14-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3R,4R,7R,9S,10R,13R,14S)-5,5,9,14-tetramethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecane-3,7-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,4R,7R,9R,10S,13R,15S)-5,5,9,14,14-pentamethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecane-7,15-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,4S,5S,7S,9R,10S,13R,15S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-5,9-dimethyl-14-methylidenetetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecane-7,15-diol | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Chamaecyparis lawsoniana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Chamaecyparis lawsoniana carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 228×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +2
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type11 957 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions102 of 165 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 221 |
| Angwin, US | 202 |
| LDlocation not on record | 185 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 129 |
| Arcata, US | 79 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 65 |
| Corvallis, US | 62 |
| Auckland, NZ | 37 |
| University of Silesia in Katowicelocation not on record | 35 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 33 |
| Vitoria, ES | 32 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 30 |
| Bronx, US | 29 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 29 |
| CASlocation not on record | 28 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 24 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 20 |
| Pullman, US | 17 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 16 |
| Claremont, US | 15 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 15 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 15 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 13 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 13 |
| Portland, US | 13 |
| Denver, US | 11 |
| South Kensington, GB | 11 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 11 |
| MAlocation not on record | 11 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Trondheim, NO | 10 |
| US | 10 |
| Davis, US | 9 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 8 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 8 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Canberra, AU | 8 |
| Beijing, CN | 8 |
| Wellington, NZ | 7 |
| Durban, ZA | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 7 |
| College Park, US | 6 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 6 |
| Flagstaff, US | 6 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 6 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 6 |
| San Diego, US | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 5 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Olocation not on record | 5 |
| Tacoma, US | 5 |
| Ashland, US | 5 |
| Armidale, AU | 5 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 5 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 4 |
| Salzburg, AT | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| KNFHClocation not on record | 4 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| Moscow, US | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 3 |
| Badajoz, ES | 3 |
| San Francisco, US | 3 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 3 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 3 |
| Madrid, ES | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Brisbane, AU | 3 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Görlitz, DE | 3 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| València, ES | 3 |
| PRClocation not on record | 3 |
| New Haven, US | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Fort Worth, US | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 2 |
| nbflocation not on record | 2 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bend, US | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| KNFYlocation not on record | 2 |
| Maringá, BR | 2 |
| Los Angeles, US | 2 |
| Granada, ES | 2 |
| Podgorica, ME | 2 |
| GAlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Jose, US | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 2 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| Tampere, FI | 2 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 2 |
| Honolulu, US | 2 |
| Fullerton, US | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 2 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tartu, EE | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Durango, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| JP | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Cincinnati, US | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| UChlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bando, JP | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Adelaide, AU | 1 |
| Henderson, US | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Fort Bragg, US | 1 |
| Oulu, FI | 1 |
| Alexandria Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| Palmerston North, NZ | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.