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