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Cupressus sargentii
Also called Sargent Cypress, Sargent's cypress
Sargent's cypress is a conifer native to coastal California mountains, usually growing in pure stands on serpentine soil. It is a hardy tree best grown in full sun with well-drained soil, and it is the only one of its family listed in the sources.
Hesperocyparis sargentii, Sargent's cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is endemic to California, where it is known from Mendocino County southwards to Santa Barbara County. This taxon is limited to the Coast Range mountains. It grows in forests with other conifers, as well as chaparral and other local mountain habitat, usually in pure stands on serpentine soils. It generally grows 10 to 15 meters (33 to 49 ft) tall, but it is known to exceed 22 meters (72 feet). On Carson Ridge in Marin County, as well as Hood Mountain in Sonoma County, the species comprises a pygmy forest of trees which do not attain heights greater than 240–360 cm (7.9–11.8 ft) due to high mineral concentrations in the serpentine soil.
One notable population occurs in the Cedar Mountain Ridge area of Eastern Alameda County.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hesperocyparis sargentii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
