Cupressus sempervirens

Mediterranean Cypress at suppressed

Cupressus sempervirens at suppressed - 7 Aug 2023
Cupressus sempervirens at suppressed - 7 Aug 2023
Cupressus sempervirens at suppressed - 7 Aug 2023
Cupressus sempervirens at suppressed - 7 Aug 2023
Cupressus sempervirens at suppressed - 7 Aug 2023
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Identification history

Cupressus sempervirens 10 Aug 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Cupressus sempervirens 7 Aug 2023 Tapirlord
Unidentified 7 Aug 2023 chriselidie

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User's notes

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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Tapirlord wrote:
   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.
chriselidie wrote:
   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

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Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 7 Aug 2023 08:37 AM Recorded on
  • chriselidie Recorded by

Additional information

  • Flower buds (?): about 5 mm Flower dimension
  • An unidentified cedar Description
  • About 2-3 m Tree diameter (m)
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
  • Alive / healthy Plant health
  • True Tree(s) planted

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