cypress

Synonyms:

cypress tree

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Cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress

small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress

Cupressus goveniana pigmaea, Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress

rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress

Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress

rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species

Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica

Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage

Cupressus guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress

relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage

Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress

tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting

Cupressus lusitanica, Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress, cedar of Goa

tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa

Cupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress

tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches

Type of:

conifer, coniferous tree

any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

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cypress pine

any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia

juniper

coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

redwood, sequoia

either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae

Taxodium distichum, bald cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, swamp cypress

common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

Taxodium ascendens, bald cypress, pond cypress

smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum

Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma cypress, Taxodium mucronatum

cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands

Callitris quadrivalvis, Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac, sandarac tree

large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes

Callitris cupressiformis, Port Jackson pine

Australian cypress pine having globular cones

Callitris calcarata, Callitris endlicheri, black cypress pine, red cypress pine

Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin

Callitris glauca, Callitris glaucophylla, white cypress pine

small tree or shrub of southern Australia

Callitris parlatorei, stringybark pine

Australian cypress pine with fibrous inner bark

pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree

any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils

Juniperus silicicola, southern red cedar

juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar

Juniperus sabina, dwarf juniper, savin

procumbent or spreading juniper

Juniperus communis, common juniper

densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland

Juniperus communis depressa, dwarf juniper, ground cedar

a procumbent variety of the common juniper

Juniperus horizontalis, creeping juniper

low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter

Juniperus flaccida, Mexican juniper, drooping juniper

small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets

California redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood

lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats

Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood, big tree, giant sequoia

extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism

Ahuehuete, Tule tree

Mexico's most famous tree; a giant specimen of Montezuma cypress more than 2,000 years old with a girth of 165 feet at Santa Maria del Tule

Type of:

wood

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees