Flora of North America species comparison

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Cupressus macnabiana

Macnab cypress, Macnab's cypress
Bark

rough, furrowed, fibrous.
Branchlets

comblike, 0.5–1 mm diam.
Leaves

with conspicuous, pitlike, abaxial gland that produces drop of resin, sometimes glaucous.
Pollen cones

2–3 × 2 mm;

pollen sacs 3–5.
Seed(s)

cones globose, mostly 1.5–2.5 cm, brown or gray, not glaucous;

scales 3–4 pairs, smooth except for erect conic umbos, 2–4 mm.
Shrubby

trees to 12 m;

crown broadly conical, dense.

Cupressus macnabiana
Habitat Chaparral and foothill woodland, often on serpentine
Elevation 300–850 m (1000–2800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

In the inner north Coast Ranges Cupressus macnabiana and C. sargentii produce the only known natural hybrids in Cupressus (L. Lawrence et al. 1975).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Cupressaceae > Cupressus
Sibling taxa
C. arizonica, C. bakeri, C. goveniana, C. guadalupensis, C. macrocarpa, C. sargentii
Name authority A. Murray bis: Edinburgh New Philos. J. ser. 2, 1: 293, plate 11. (1855)
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