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Cupressus forbesii
Also called Tecate Cypress, Forbes Cypress
Tecate cypress is a multi-trunked evergreen conifer that grows to about 10 metres, native to chaparral and woodland in southern California and northern Baja California. It tolerates coastal California's cool, humid climate better than many inland cypresses.
Hesperocyparis forbesii, the Tecate cypress or Forbes' cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, native to southwestern North America in California and Baja California.
Tecate cypress has proven to be a successful specimen tree, tolerant of the climate of Coastal California, and its cool temperatures and humidity, where other inland-growing western cypress species: such as Hesperocyparis macnabiana have done poorly in these conditions. A Tecate cypress planted at the San Francisco Botanical Garden is showing vigor and produces viable cones at forty years of age.
Hesperocyparis forbesii is native to montane chaparral and woodlands habitats in the western Peninsular Ranges. It grows at elevations of 450–1,500 metres (1,480–4,920 ft). The tree is found only in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County and in San Diego County within Southern California, and in northern Baja California state of Mexico.
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