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Arizona cypress (Latin Cupressus arizonica) - is a medium-sized tree of the genus Cypress (Latin Cupressus) from the Cypress family (Latin Cupressaceae). In the wild, it grows in the southwestern lands of North America. It is grown in culture in many countries of the world, including Europe. Arizona cypress is grown in places where evergreen cypress refuses to grow. It is more unpretentious, withstands low temperatures up to the thermometer mark equal to minus 25 degrees. Compared to other species of the genus, the wood of the Arizona cypress is stronger and heavier.
What's in your name
The name of the genus Cypress has several variants of its origin. There are a number of ancient legends connecting the tree with the name of a man who was turned by the gods into a slender tree. The prototype could be a man, a young man or a girl, distinguished by harmony and having some character trait that did not suit the gods, and therefore they turned such people into a tree, believing that it would be better for a person and life.
Some people think that everything is much simpler, and the name Cypress was born from the name of the island of Cyprus, where Cypress trees have long been growing in the wild.
Arizona cypress came to the attention of botanists in the second half of the 19th century. It was first described by the American botanist Edward Lee Green, who studied the flora of the western territories of the United States of America, where the state of Arizona is located with this type of Cypress.
Description
Arizona cypress does not differ in large size, growing to a height of 10 to 25 meters and building up its brown-reddish smooth trunk up to half a meter in diameter. Often grows in pine-oak +
The crown of medium-sized evergreen conifers can be ovoid-conical or conical. Non-flattened branches are covered with a dense layer of scaly leaves, the length of which varies from 0.2 to 0.5 cm, and the color from dull gray-green to bright bluish-green.
Oblong or spherical seed cones from 1.5 to 3.5 cm long have from 6 to 8 (less often from 4 to 10) protective scales. The green color of the seed cones changes to gray or gray-brown as they mature, lasting from 20 to 24 months. The cone scales remain closed for many years. Only the fire that destroyed the parent tree makes them open, freeing the seeds for the continuation of the life of the Arizona Cypress on the planet.
Five subspecies of Arizona cypress
The flora, trying to best adapt to the changing conditions of life, creates subspecies of one species, differing in small details. Some botanists count 5 such subspecies in the Arizona cypress. Others consider them to be independent species of the Cypress genus.
* Cypress Arizona variant "arizonica", or Arizona cypress - safe, that is, reliably guarded.
* Arizona cypress naked, or Arizona smooth cypress - also located in a safe place in the state of Arizona.
* Cypress Arizona variant of Montana - grows in pine-oak forests of Northern California, being a vulnerable plant.
* Cypress, an Arizona variant of nevadensis - grows in Southern California, causing least botanical fear for its presence on Earth.
* Cypress Arizona variant of stephensonii - Endangered following a fire in San Diego, Southern California in 2003. Most of the Cypress trees were swept from the face of the Earth by hellfire, although the seed cones that opened after the calmed down fire gave good young shoots.
Usage
In parks and gardens around the world, you can find Arizona cypress, which is beautiful and green all year round.
In Spain, for example, hedges are made from it between plots of land. Such borders are strong, dense and easy to cut to give them the desired look.
Cypress is propagated by sowing seeds or cuttings. Under favorable conditions, when multiplying through sowing seeds, already in one growing season, the root system develops so successfully that the aboveground part rises to the heavens to a height of 40 cm.
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Cypress
Cypress (Latin Cupressus) - a genus of plants belonging to the Cypress family of the same name (Latin Cupressaceae). As representatives of the coniferous kingdom of the planet, plants of the Cypress genus have peculiar leaves that look like needles in young specimens, and become scaly in older specimens.
Evergreen Cypress
Evergreen cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) - although all types of Cypress trees have evergreen leaves, botanists have identified among all species of the genus Cypress (Latin Cupressus), the main genus of the Cypress family (Latin Cupressaceae), this species, adding the adjective "
Californian Cypress
Californian cypress (Latin Cupressus goveniana) - in the wild, Californian cypress is found only on the Monterey Peninsula (western United States), where it grows in small groups. It is, as a rule, a small tree or shrub, which differs from other species of the Cypress genus (Latin Cupressus), which is a member of the Cypress family (Latin Cupressaceae), in the structure of its needles that do not have resin-producing glands.
Large Cypress
Large cypress is one of the plants of the family called cypress, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Cypressus macrocarpa. As for the name of the family itself, in Latin it will be: Cupressaceae. Description of large-fruited cypress This plant will be able to develop favorably under sunlight.
Kashmir Cypress
Kashmir cypress (Latin Cupressus cashmeriana) - this species of the genus Cypress (Latin Cupressus), belonging to the Cypress family (Latin Cupressaceae), is considered by fans to be the most beautiful and graceful not only among all Cypress trees, but, perhaps, among the entire coniferous kingdom of our planet.
