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Key
to Cupressus Species |
| COUPLET 1 |
Northern limit of species range near Los Angeles (example map: Cupressus guadaloupensis); range may include Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas. |
Southern limit of species Santa Barbara (example map: Cupressus goveniana); species restricted to California and Oregon. |
| COUPLET 2 |
Apices of leaves sharply pointed; foliage with a bristly appearance and feel.
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| COUPLET 3 |
Most leaves with a central glandular pit often associated with a whitish resin. |
Most leaves without a central glandular pit; resin sometimes present, but not associated with a glandular pit. |
| COUPLET 4 |
Bark rough, gray, fibrous, and broken by furrows; cones 0.75 to 1 inch in diameter; a slightly more southern and western distribution than Cupressus bakeri.
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Bark smooth, red-brown, sometimes peeling in thin, curled plates; cones 0.3 to 0.75 inches in diameter; a more northern and eastern distribution than Cupressus macnabiana.
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| COUPLET 5 |
Cones 1.0 to 1.4 inches in diameter.
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Cones less than 1 inch in diameter.
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| COUPLET 6 |
Foliage bright green; scales less than 1/16 inch long.
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Foliage dull green; scales more than 1/16 inch long.
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Apices of leaves not sharply pointed; foliage without
a bristly appearance and feel.
