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Hesperocyparis macnabiana

Cupressus macnabiana

Also called MacNab's cypress, Fragrant Cypress, MacNab Cypress, Shasta Cypress, Mcnab Cypress, White Cedar

Hesperocyparis macnabiana
Photo: Themodoccypress, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Hesperocyparis macnabiana, the MacNab cypress or Shasta cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, endemic to California.

Where it grows

Hesperocyparis macnabiana is endemic to northern California. Hesperocyparis macnabiana is one of the most widely distributed of all the native California cypresses, found growing in chaparral, oak woodlands, and coniferous woodlands habitats along the inner northern California Coast Ranges and the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada. MacNab cypress is often associated with ultramafic soils.

Other Cupressus plants

Moroccan Cypress · South Tibetan Cypress · Hesperocyparis bakeri · Bhutan Cypress · Cheng Cypress · Yunnan Cypress · Saharan Cypress · Hesperocyparis forbesii · Chinese Weeping Cypress · Tsangpo cypress · Hesperocyparis glabra · Hesperocyparis goveniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hesperocyparis macnabiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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