Cupressus arizonica var. glabra (Sudworth) LittleCommon NamesSmooth Arizona, smooth, or Arizona cypress (3).Taxonomic notes(Sudworth) LittleDescription"A tree, when older, with bark thin and cherry-red, or dark-brown as mahagony, exfoliating in thin plates; foliage like that of the typical variety, only with more prominent glands; seeds 4-5 mm long, bluish pruinose" (2).RangeUSA: central Arizona (2).Big TreeHeight 21 m, dbh 137 cm, crown spread 15 m, in Tonto National Forest, AZ (1).OldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) American Forests 1996.(2) Vidakovic 1991. (3) Peattie 1950 (as C. glabra). | |
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