Guadalupe Cypress       ku-PRES-us

• Conifer, evergreen tree, 40-50 ft (12-15 m) tall, single trunk or dividing near base; bark is a rich reddish brown, mottled with green and gray, smooth and flacking, gray brown at the base of large trunks.   Leaves scale-like, 1.5-2 mm long, light to dark green, sometimes with a slight bloom, the back side has a dark resin gland.  Male pollen cones 3-6 mm long, female seed cones nearly spherical or slightly oblong, 2-4 cm long, brown to grayish brown at maturity, not waxy.
• Sun.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 9      Native to southern California and Baja Califonia (Mexico)and endemic to its Guadalupe Island.