Lawson Cypress

Photo taken by Oliver Kellhammer, April 1997
Artist-in-Residence, Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre

Lawson Cypress
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
This cypress is the last of three such trees once standing on this spot. The two others, cut down in 1991, had golden-coloured foliage. The children at the Marpole preschool were given one of the stumps and they enjoyed hammering nails into it.

 

stumps kids played with

Lawson Cypress stump at Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre

 

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