Cupressus sempervirens
Mediterranean Cypress at suppressed
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| Cupressus sempervirens | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Aug 2023 | |
| Cupressus sempervirens | Tapirlord | 7 Aug 2023 | |
| Unverified | chriselidie | 7 Aug 2023 |
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This is a cedar tree in our garden (don't think it's native). It may be the food plant of nearby caterpillars, so I'm curious if anyone can tell me what this tree is. It had compact green (3-5 cm diameter) cones earlier this year, which have now opened up into woody shapes as shown in the photo. There appear to be new flowers (?) developing.
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7 Aug 2023
A cypress of some kind I think (From either europe or America). The "flowers" emerging will be cones as conifers are not flowering plants.
7 Aug 2023
Thanks, that's very helpful. The cones of this cypress look similar to the ones I had here. Should have known that these don't flower as they evolved before flowering plants? Thanks for pointing that out, I will remember now
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
- About 2-3 m Tree diameter (m)
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Alive / healthy Plant health
- Yes Planted
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- Cupressus sempervirens Scientific name
- Mediterranean Cypress Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 592.93m Recorded at altitude
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