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Hesperocyparis montana
Also called San Pedro Cypress, San Pedro Martír Cypress
Hesperocyparis montana, the San Pedro Mártir cypress or San Pedro cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is a tree native to the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir of Baja California state in northwestern Mexico.
The tree is confined to montane coniferous forests on steep slopes and in canyons from 1,900 to 2,520 meters elevation. It is often found with the trees white fir (Abies concolor), yellow pine (Pinus jeffreyi), sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hesperocyparis montana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
