Hesperocyparis sargentii, Sargent's cypress, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is endemic to California, where it is known from Mendocino County southwards to Santa Barbara County. This taxon is limited to the Coast Range mountains. It grows in forests with other conifers, as well as chaparral and other local mountain habitat, usually in pure stands on serpentine soils. It generally grows 10 to 15 meters (33 to 49 ft) tall, but it is known to exceed 22 meters (72 feet).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sargent'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
- Hesperocyparis abramsiana
- Hesperocyparis forbesii
- Hesperocyparis macnabiana
- Hesperocyparis stephensonii
- Hesperocyparis nevadensis
- Hesperocyparis goveniana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
- Species
- Hesperocyparis sargentii
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