Hesperocyparis lusitanica
Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 38 m
- wide
- 20 m
Cupressaceae
Formerly Callitropsis lusitanica, Cupressus assamica, Cupressus coulteri, Cupressus excelsa, and 11 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to NicaraguaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 38 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants for a Future, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 40–40 m; Plants for a Future 35–35 m
- Spread
- 20 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 墨西哥柏木
- Simplified Chinese
- 墨西哥柏木, 葡萄牙柏木, 速生柏
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- 3D model: Hesperocyparis lusitanica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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