Arizona cypress seed cones - Cupressus arizonica

            Arizona cypress seed cones - Cupressus arizonica

A real macro of one of our Arizona cypresses ( Cupressus arizonica ) with male cones in yellow and a seeds cone. 
The Arizona cypress, is a North American species of trees in the cypress family. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and southern California. 

Cupressus arizonica is a coniferous evergreen tree with a conic to ovoid-conic crown. It grows to heights of 10–25 m (32.8-82.0 ft), and its trunk diameter reaches 0.5 m (19.7 in). 

The foliage are scale-like, 2–5 mm long, grows in dense sprays, varying from dull gray-green to bright glaucous blue-green. 
The seed cones are globose to oblong, 15–33 mm long, with 6 or 8 (rarely 4 or 10) scales, green 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. The cones remain closed for many years, only opening  in a wildfire or when tree die. 

Here in our garden our Cupressus arizonica var. glabra reached great development by virtue of some similarity with the climatic regions to which it is adapted.
   

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Taken on: May 26, 2018

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Cupressus arizonica var. glabra

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