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Hesperocyparis nevadensis

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Hesperocyparis nevadensis
Foliage is highly glandular, resinous, and aromatic.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Hesperocyparis
Species:
H. nevadensis
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis nevadensis
(Abrams) Bartel
Natural range of Hesperocyparis nevadensis
Close-up of natural range of Hesperocyparis nevadensis
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Callitropsis nevadensis (Abrams) D.P.Little (2006)
    • Cupressus arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) Little (1966)
    • Cupressus arizonica subsp. nevadensis (Abrams) A.E.Murray (1982)
    • Cupressus macnabiana var. nevadensis (Abrams) Abrams (1923)
    • Cupressus nevadensis Abrams (1919)
    • Hesperocyparis arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) de Laub. (2012)
    • Neocupressus arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) de Laub. (2009)

Hesperocyparis nevadensis is a species of western cypress tree with the common name Paiute cypress native to a small area in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in the western United States. It was formerly known as Cupressus nevadensis.

Distribution

The Paiute cypress grows in a small area of the Southern Sierra Nevada, within Kern County, California and Tulare County. It is found on soils of granitic origin at altitudes of 3,000–6,000 feet (910–1,830 m). It is found in pinyon/juniper and oak/pine woodlands, chaparral, and closed-cone-cypress forest habitats.[2]

The largest grove composed primarily of the species is located south of the town of Bodfish in the Lake Isabella region. There are eight or so other populations of much smaller, scattered stands in the Southern Sierras.

Description

Hesperocyparis nevadensis is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic crown, growing to heights of 10–25 m (exceptionally to 39 m), and a trunk diameter of up to 0.5 m (exceptionally to 1 m). The foliage grows in sparse, very fragrant, sprays varying from dull gray-green to glaucous blue-green in color. The leaves are scale-like, highly glandular, resinous and aromatic, 2–5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots.[3]

The seed cones are globose to oblong, 25–55 mm long, with 6 or 8 (rarely 4 or 10) scales, green to brown at first, maturing gray or gray-brown about 20–24 months after pollination. The male cones are 3–5 mm long, and release pollen in February–March.[4]

The cones often remain closed for several years, only opening after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire, thereby allowing the seeds to colonize the bare ground exposed by the natural fire.

Conservation

Like most California cypress, it is a pyrophyte, heavily reliant on wildfire for its regeneration. Fire suppression policies of the past decades have severely limited reproduction of this fire dependent species. It is on the IUCN Red List as an endangered species.[5]

Taxonomy

It has been reclassified in the genus Hesperocyparis, with other former Cupressus species native to western North America.[6][7][2] It was also previously included as a subspecies within Cupressus arizonica, Cupressus arizonica subsp. nevadensis. USDA: Hesperocyparis nevadensis synonyms;  Cupressus arizonica subsp. nevadensis . accessed 8.28.2015[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hesperocyparis nevadensis (Abrams) Bartel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bartel, Jim A. (2012). "Hesperocyparis nevadensis, in Jepson Flora Project". Jepson eFlora. The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ Pinetum.org: Hesperocyparis nevadensis photos[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://www.pinetum.org/cones/CUbakeri.jpg pinetum.org: Photos, cones
  5. ^ Farjon, A. (2013). "Cupressus bakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T34047A2841226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34047A2841226.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. – Listed as Vulnerable (VU B1+2bcd v2.3)
  6. ^ USDA: Hesperocyparis nevadensis (Paiute cypress) . accessed 8.28.2015.
  7. ^ "Hesperocyparis nevadensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Cupressus arizonica". Flora of North America.

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This page was last edited on 25 February 2024, at 20:06
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