Hesperocyparis pygmaea, the Mendocino cypress or pygmy cypress, is a species of conifer of disputed status in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is endemic to certain coastal terraces and coastal mountain ranges of Mendocino and Sonoma Counties in northwestern California. It is a variable tree, and closely related to Hesperocyparis abramsiana and Hesperocyparis goveniana, enough to sometimes be considered conspecific with them.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pygmy 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
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
- Species
- Hesperocyparis pygmaea
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