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Sargent cypress

Habit Trees to 25 m, but often shrubby and less than 10 m; crown broader than tall or columnar, dense or open.
Bark

rough, furrowed, fibrous.

Branchlets

decussate, (1.5–)2–2.5 mm diam.

Leaves

usually with inconspicuous, shallow, pitlike, abaxial gland that usually does not produce drop of resin, often glaucous.

Pollen cones

mostly 3–4 × 2 mm;

pollen sacs 3–4.

Seed(s)

cones usually globose, mostly 2–2.5 cm, brown or gray, not glaucous;

scales mostly 3–4 pairs, with scattered resin blisters, umbos inconspicuous or to 4 mm.

Cupressus sargentii

Habitat Chaparral, foothill woodland, and lower montane forests, on serpentine
Elevation 200–1100 m (700–3600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Cupressaceae > Cupressus
Sibling taxa
C. arizonica, C. bakeri, C. goveniana, C. guadalupensis, C. macnabiana, C. macrocarpa
Synonyms C. sargentii var. duttonii
Name authority Jepson: Fl. Calif. 1: 61. (1909)
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