Cupressaceae
Monterey cypress
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- سرو كبير الثمار
- arz
- سرو كبير الثمار
- Asturian
- Ciprés de monterrey
- Basque
- Monterreyko nekosta
- Belarusian
- Кіпарыс буйнаплодны
- Bulgarian
- Едроплоден кипарис
- Catalan
- Xiprer de Lambert, Xiprer de Monterrey
- Chinese
- 大果柏木, 蒙特里柏木, 大果柏
- Dutch
- Montereycipres, Monterey cipres, Monterey-cipres
- English
- Monterey cypress
- Finnish
- Montereynsypressi
- French
- Cyprès de Lambert, Cypres de Lambert, Cyprès de Monterey, Cyprès à gros fruits
- Galician
- Alcipreste de California, Ciprés de Monterrei
- German
- Monterey-Zypresse, Großfrüchtige Zypresse, Montereyzypresse
- Greek
- Λεμονοκυπάρισσο
- Hebrew
- ברוש גדול-פירות, ברוש לימוני
- Hungarian
- Monterey-ciprus
- Icelandic
- Keilusýprus
- Italian
- Cipresso di Monterey
- Japanese
- モントレーサイプレス
- Korean
- 율마
- Lithuanian
- Dailusis kiparisas
- Macedonian
- Американски чемпрес, Крупноплоден чемпрес
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Montereysypress
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Montereysypress
- Persian
- سرو مانتری
- Polish
- Cyprys wielkoszyszkowy
- Portuguese
- Cipreste-da-Califórnia, Cipreste da Califórnia, Cipreste de Monterey
- Russian
- Кипарис крупноплодный
- Serbian
- Američki čempres, Амерички чемпрес
- Spanish
- Ciprés de California, Ciprés Monterrey, Cipres de California, Cipres de Monterey, Cipres de Monterrey, Ciprés de Monterey, Ciprés de Monterrey
- Turkish
- Monteri Servisi
- Welsh
- Cypreswydden Monterey
Synonyms
- Callitropsis macrocarpa (Hartw.) D.P.Little
- Cupressus hartwegii Carrière
- Cupressus lambertiana Carrière
- Cupressus lambertiana var. fastigiata Carrière
- Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw.
- Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw. ex Gordon & Glend.
- Cupressus macrocarpa f. crippsii (R.Sm.) Rehder
- Cupressus macrocarpa f. fastigiata (Carrière) Rehder
- Cupressus macrocarpa f. lutea (Webster) Rehder
- Cupressus macrocarpa f. pygmaea A.B.Jacks.
- Cupressus macrocarpa subsp. lobosensis Silba
- Cupressus macrocarpa var. angulata Lemmon
- Cupressus macrocarpa var. crippsii R.Sm.
- Cupressus macrocarpa var. farallonensis Mast.
- Cupressus macrocarpa var. lambertiana (Carrière) Mast.
- Cupressus macrocarpa var. lutea Webster
- Cupressus reinwardtii Beissn.
- Neocupressus macrocarpa (Hartw.) de Laub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Vadim Manuylov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, 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.