Hesperocyparis guadalupensis, the Guadalupe cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, endemic to Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean off the western coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. It is a medium-sized tree with fine green to blue-green foliage. In its native habitat it depends on water from the fogs that envelop high ground in the northern half of the island.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Guadalupe cypress being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hesperocyparis arizonica
- Hesperocyparis glabra
- Hesperocyparis stephensonii
- Cupressus sempervirens
- Hesperocyparis bakeri
- Hesperocyparis lusitanica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
- Species
- Hesperocyparis guadalupensis
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