Cupressaceae
Gowen cypress
Hesperocyparis goveniana
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- سرو غويني
- arz
- سرو غوينى
- Bulgarian
- Калифорнийски кипарис
- Chinese
- 加州柏木, 加利福尼亚柏木
- English
- Gowen cypress
- French
- Cyprès de Gowen, Cypres de Gowen, Cyprès de Californie
- Icelandic
- Ilmsýprus
- Persian
- سرو گوونی
- Polish
- Cyprys Gowena
- Russian
- Кипарис калифорнийский
Synonyms
- Callitropsis goveniana (Gordon) D.P.Little
- Cupressus aromatica Gordon
- Cupressus attenuata Gordon
- Cupressus bourgeaui Gordon
- Cupressus californica Carrière
- Cupressus cornuta Carrière
- Cupressus goveniana Gordon
- Cupressus goveniana subsp. gibsonensis (C.B.Wolf) Silba
- Cupressus goveniana var. attenuata (Gordon) Carrière
- Cupressus goveniana var. cornuta (Carrière) Carrière
- Cupressus goveniana var. glauca Carrière
- Cupressus goveniana var. goveniana
- Cupressus goveniana var. gracilis Carrière
- Cupressus goveniana var. huberiana Carrière
- Cupressus goveniana var. parva Lemmon
- Cupressus goveniana var. pendula A.Henry
- Cupressus goveniana var. viridis Carrière
- Cupressus silbae B.Huang bis
- Hesperocyparis goveniana var. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) de Laub.
- Juniperus aromatica Carrière
- Neocupressus goveniana (Gordon) de Laub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Oakland, Usa, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Connor Connolly-Moyls, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Oakland, Usa, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Max Y, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dloarie, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peter-f, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peter-f, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peter-f, CC0, 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.