Cupressaceae
Santa Cruz cypress
Hesperocyparis abramsiana
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Santa Cruz cypress
- Persian
- سرو سانتا کروز
Synonyms
- Callitropsis abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) D.P.Little
- Cupressus abramsiana C.B.Wolf
- Cupressus abramsiana subsp. butanoensis (Silba) Silba
- Cupressus abramsiana subsp. locatellii Silba
- Cupressus abramsiana subsp. neolomondensis Silba
- Cupressus abramsiana subsp. opleri Silba
- Cupressus butanoensis (Silba) Malone & Bisbee
- Cupressus goveniana subsp. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) A.E.Murray
- Cupressus goveniana var. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) Little
- Hesperocyparis abramsiana var. butanoensis (Silba) Bartel & R.P.Adams
- Neocupressus goveniana var. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) de Laub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.