Cupressaceae
Cuyamaca cypress
Hesperocyparis stephensonii
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperocyparis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- سرو ستيفنسوني
- arz
- سرو ستيفنسونى
- English
- Cuyamaca cypress
- Persian
- سرو کویاماکا
Synonyms
- Callitropsis stephensonii (C.B.Wolf) D.P.Little
- Cupressus arizonica subsp. stephensonii (C.B.Wolf) A.E.Murray
- Cupressus arizonica var. stephensonii (C.B.Wolf) Little
- Cupressus stephensonii C.B.Wolf
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Joey Malone, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Themodoccypress, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.