 | Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica Common NamesArizona cypress.Taxonomic notesDescription"[T]ree up to 25 m high; bark gray to black-brown, furrowed; branches horizontally spreading; crown broadly conical; shoots short, thick, four-sided, spreading in all directions; foliage scale-like, mostly 2 mm long, acuminate, usually glaucous-green; resin gland on the dorsal side of the leaf not conspicuous or only slightly so; cones shortly petiolated, globose, 2-3 cm large, dark red-brown, bluish pruinose, composed of 6 to 8 scales with prominent dorsal processes; seeds 4-5 mm long, dark brown, occasionally bluish pruinose, cca 90-120 to a cone; cotyledons 4-5" (2).RangeUSA: Texas, New Mexico, SE Arizona; N Mexico; at 1000 to 1500 m in the US, and up to 2200 m in Mexico (2).Big TreeHeight 28 m, dbh 194 cm, crown spread 15 m, in the Santa Catalina Mountains of AZ (1).OldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsCan be seen at several points along the Mt. Lemmon Highway, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona; most notably, in Seven Cataracts Canyon.RemarksCitations(1) American Forests 1996.(2) Vidakovic 1991. See also Silba 1986. |
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