Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hesperocyparis arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hesperocyparis arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cupressus arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cupressus arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hesperocyparis arizonica
COMMON NAME:
Arizona Cypress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_cuar_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160311_181
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Pollen cones small, oblong, yellowish, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm160311_182
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160311_185
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Globose cone with 6-8 flat or depressed scales contracted into short mucros, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
COMPARE
conifers (not including Pines)
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JK Marlow jkm160311_186
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160311_188
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Scales are peltate, which separates them from Arborvitae, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm160311_189
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160311_190
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm071108_010
November Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Leaves scale-like, superposed in 4 rows, pointed, pale green to gray-green, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hesperocyparis arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hesperocyparis arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cupressus arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cupressus arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hesperocyparis arizonica
2530
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native: Southwest US
Waif(s)
Habitat: Fencerows, weakly naturalizing from horticultural plantings, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - scale-like
"FLOWER":
Spring
FRUIT:
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