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Summary

Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) (native)

About this tree: Used for erosion control, windbreaks, urban landscaping, posts, stakes and corral poles Prefers moist gravelly soils on slopes and benches Grows 40 to 60 feet

Hardiness zone 6

Identification Tips:

  • Leaves: Minute blue-green to graygreen; scale-like; sharp pointed; finely toothed on the margins; shunlike odor when bruised
  • Fruit: Dark reddish brown cones about one inch long that remain on the tree for many years, become gray with age
  • Bark: Reddish brown with irregular, narrow, thin, curling scales that peel; on older tree's, bark becomes furrowed

Copyright status

This image is public domain because it was first published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Source

http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/publications/woodypocketguide.pdf

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