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  • Tree of the day: Callitropsis nootkatensis, Nootka cypress, Harris Garden

    Photo of Callitropsis nootkatensis (Nootka cypress)
    2024:03:16

    Callitropsis nootkatensis is a species of evergreen needleleaf coniferous plants (in the Cupressaceae or Cypress family), not native in Britain.

    This photo is one of 9507 photos of 864 trees in 326 species

    This website is a virtual arboretum, created for interest, education and beauty. It exhibits some of the thousands of trees, of both native and exotic species, that grow in Whiteknights Park, the main campus of the University of Reading.

    Please send any corrections and comments to whiteknights-trees@reading.ac.uk.

    Acknowledgements

    I would like to thank Rupert Taylor, Owen Johnson, Alastair Culham, Jonathan Mitchley, Marcus Wheeler, Benoît Vannière and Miguel Teixeira for tree identifications, Dylan Parkes and Martin Watts for collaboration on the centenary project, Dan Hodson for useful code examples, Studio Lift for website style, Brian Hunt and Trevor Smith for testing routes and contributing text, Brian, Trevor and Nathanaël van Twillert for comments and suggestions on website user experience, and Benoît, Marcus, Steve George, Brian, Trevor, the Friends of the University of Reading, and other friends for their encouragement during the development of the website. I am grateful to the University and its grounds staff for maintaining Whiteknights Park.