Scarab Cypress, Alumii Falsecypress, Alumii Cypress,                        kam-e-SIP-a-ris la-so-ni-A-na

• Conifer, evergreen tree, to about 50 ft (15 m) high, narrow conical-upright, branches ascending on young plants, spreading more widely on older plants.  Branchlets numerous, dense, flat, and soft.  Needles blue-green to gray blue.  Bears few cones.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5      Developed in Worcester, England around 1870.
• A common cultivar; easily propagated.  Possibly surpassed by blue, but narrower, cultivars such as ‘Alumii Magnifica’ and ‘Columnaris’ (van Gelderen and van Hoey Smith, 1996).
• Oregon State Univ. campus: north side (front) MU, on either side of main stairs and east and west of there.