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§1 Plant

Hesperocyparis arizonica (Greene) Bartel

vernacular Arizona cypress — species · Cupressaceae

USDA: HEAR22
GBIF: 7230667 syn.
Rank: species

Arizona cypress (Hesperocyparis arizonica) — Platephotograph · Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica Sierra de ZapalinaméCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Group: Gymnosperm
Family: Cupressaceae Gray
Genus: Hesperocyparis

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Native
PR Puerto Rico Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 16 counties across 3 states/territories

Legend Native · 16 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: High
Shade: Low
Moisture use: Low
Fire: Medium
Salinity: Low
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: High
Hedging: Medium

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -23 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 120 min.
Precipitation: 16–30 in/yr
pH range: 6.1–7.9
Root depth: 12 in min.
Fertility need: Low
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Single Stem
Growth rate: Moderate
Lifespan: Long
Mature height: 50 ft
Height @ 20 y: 25 ft
Foliage texture: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Dense
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Spring
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Fall
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: Yes
Seeds / lb: 83,000
Propagation: seed, cuttings, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: Yes
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Low
Lumber: Yes
Fuelwood: Medium
Christmas tree: Yes

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 16 counties across 3 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 11 N ▾

New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N ▾

Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾

Brewster 48043

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HEAR22 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7230667 ↗

Record version

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