Cupressus arizonica

Greene

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 64. 1882.

Common names: Arizona cypress Arizona smooth cypress Cuyamaca cypress Piute cypress cedro cedro blanco ciprés de Arizona
Synonyms: Cupressus arizonica var. glabra (Sudworth) Little Cupressus arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) Little Cupressus arizonica var. stephensonii (C. B. Wolf) Little Cupressus glabra Cupressus nevadensis Cupressus stephensonii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Trees to 23 m, shrubby where subject to fires; crown conic at first, broadly columnar with age, dense. Bark smooth at first, remaining so or becoming rough, furrowed, fibrous. Branchlets decussate, 1.3–2.3 mm diam. Leaves usually with conspicuous, pitlike, abaxial gland that produces drop of resin, often highly glaucous. Pollen cones 2–5 × 2 mm; pollen-sacs mostly 4–6. Seed-cones globose or oblong, mostly 2–3 cm, gray or brown, often glaucous at first; scales mostly 3–4 pairs, smooth or with scattered resin blisters, sometimes with erect conic umbos to 4 mm, especially on apical scales. Seeds mostly 4–6 mm, light tan to dark-brown, not glaucous to heavily glaucous. 2n = 22.


Habitat: Canyon bottoms, pinyon-juniper woodland, chaparral
Elevation: 750–2000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico

Discussion

Bark texture and foliage features have been used to distinguish geographic varieties or segregate species. Although bark texture may be consistent within populations, over the species as a whole there is complete intergradation between smooth and fibrous barks. Various forms are commonly cultivated and sometimes persistent in the southern United States.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Cupressus arizonica"
James E. Eckenwalder +
Greene +
long-lived +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
quadrangular +  and terete +
inconspicuous +  and undifferentiated +
Arizona cypress +, Arizona smooth cypress +, Cuyamaca cypress +, Piute cypress +, cedro +, cedro blanco +  and ciprés de Arizona +
brown +  and gray +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
oblong +  and globose +
columnar +  and conic +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +  and Mexico +
750–2000 m +
Canyon bottoms, pinyon-juniper woodland, chaparral +
decurrent +  and scale-like +
petioled +, sessile +, twisted +  and simple +
divergent +  and opposite +
persisting +
spreading +  and appressed +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
rhomboid +  and scale-like +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
spheric;oblong +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
fibrous;woody +
peltate +  and complex +
cuneate +  and oblong +
fleshy +  and woody +
with scattered resin blisters +  and smooth +
overlapping +
persistent +
1 +  and 2 +
light tan;dark-brown +
not glaucous +  and heavily glaucous +
5 +  and 20 +
faceted +  and lenticular +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Cupressus arizonica var. glabra +, Cupressus arizonica var. nevadensis +, Cupressus arizonica var. stephensonii +, Cupressus glabra +, Cupressus nevadensis +  and Cupressus stephensonii +
Cupressus arizonica +
Cupressus +
species +
flattened +, angled +  and terete +
tree +  and shrubby +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
many +, 1 +  and 2 +