Cupressus

Common name: True cypress
Dutch: Cipres

Identifying Features

Habit: Evergreen trees or large shrubs with dense, often columnar crowns
Leaves: Scale-like, tightly pressed to stem in opposite pairs
Bark: Thin, fibrous, often peeling in strips
Cones: Globose, woody, with shield-shaped scales
Distinguishing: Cones mature in two years; seeds with narrow wings

Species Encountered

Species	Photo	Date	Location
C. sempervirens
C. arizonica
C. macrocarpa

Parent: Cupressoideae