Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Hesperocyparis arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cupressus arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cupressus arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hesperocyparis arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Callitropsis arizonica
COMMON NAME:
Arizona Cypress
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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 (10/20/20):
Hesperocyparis arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cupressus arizonica
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cupressus arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hesperocyparis arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Callitropsis arizonica
2530
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native: Southwest US
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Waif(s)
Look for it in fencerows, weakly naturalizing from horticultural plantings, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - scale-like
"FLOWER":
Spring
FRUIT:
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!