Cupressaceae
Leyland cypress
× Hesperotropsis leylandii
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Hesperotropsis
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Common names
By language (19)
- Asturian
- Ciprés híbridu de leyland
- bar
- Leyland Zypressn
- Catalan
- Xiprer de Leyland
- Chinese
- 莱兰柏, 萊蘭柏, 莱兰杂扁柏
- Czech
- Cypřišovec Leylandův
- Dutch
- Leylandcipres
- English
- Leyland cypress, X Hesperotropsis leylandii
- French
- Cyprès de Leyland
- German
- Leyland-Zypresse
- Greek
- Κυπαρίσσι Λέιλαντ
- Hebrew
- בן ברוש לילנד
- Hungarian
- Leyland-ciprus
- Irish
- Cufróg Leyland
- Japanese
- レイランドヒノキ
- Persian
- سرو لیلاند
- Polish
- Cyprysowiec Leylanda
- Portuguese
- Cipreste-de-leyland
- Spanish
- Ciprés híbrido de Leyland
- Turkish
- Leylandi
Synonyms
- Callitropsis leylandii (A.B.Jacks. & Dallim.) D.P.Little
- Cupressocyparis leylandii (A.B.Jacks. & Dallim.) Dallim.
- Cupressus leylandii A.B.Jacks. & Dallim.
- Cuprocyparis leylandii (A.B.Jacks. & Dallim.) Farjon
- Neocupropsis leylandii (A.B.Jacks. & Dallim.) de Laub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W.Baumgartner, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.