Cupressaceae
Paiute cypress
Hesperocyparis nevadensis
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 内华达绿干柏
- English
- Paiute cypress, Piute cypress
- Persian
- سرو پایوتی
Synonyms
- Callitropsis nevadensis (Abrams) D.P.Little
- Cupressus arizonica subsp. nevadensis (Abrams) A.E.Murray
- Cupressus arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) Little
- Cupressus macnabiana var. nevadensis (Abrams) Abrams
- Cupressus nevadensis Abrams
- Hesperocyparis arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) de Laub.
- Hesperocyparis goveniana var. nevadensis (Abrams) de Laub.
- Neocupressus arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) de Laub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Themodoccypress, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Heine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Wentworth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brendan Black, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: RJ Baltierra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.