Baker's cypress

← Back to the app

Hesperocyparis bakeri

Baker's cypress, a reference photo
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Hesperocyparis bakeri, the Baker cypress, Modoc cypress, or Siskiyou cypress, is a rare species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is a tree endemic to a small area across far northern California and extreme southwestern Oregon, in the western United States.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Baker's 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

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Species
Hesperocyparis bakeri

Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.

Check your photo

More species

Baker's cypress (Hesperocyparis bakeri) · B.inomen