Hesperocyparis arizonica

Botanical Description

Hesperocyparis arizonica is an evergreen shrub or a tree forming a conical to oval and round topped crown; it usually grows around 5 - 20 metres tall, thouigh it can reach 30 metres. The trunk can become multistemmed from near the ground and up to 40 - 100cm in diameter[ 2124 Title A Handbook of the World's Conifers Vol. 1 (Second revised edition) Publication Author Farjon A. Publisher Brill; Leiden, The Netherlands Year 2017 ISBN 978 90 04 32449 7 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. It is cultivated as a timber tree in Italy and occasionally in other parts of Europe[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. The young tree has an attractive pyramidal shape and is grown as an ornamental. It has been widely grown as a Christmas tree in its native range[ 229 Title The Complete Trees of N. America. Field Guide and Natural History. Publication Author Elias. T. Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Year 1980 ISBN 0442238622 Description A very good concise guide. Gives habitats, good descriptions, maps showing distribution and a few of the uses. It also includes the many shrubs that occasionally reach tree proportions. ]. Hesperocyparis arizonica has a very wide range accress southwest N. America. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].