Cypress

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A cypress tree under the sunset

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Cypress in the Okefenokee swamp

Cypress is a name used for many trees and shrubs in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family).

The name comes from the genus Cupressus which survives today as a conifer tree. About 30 cypress species survive.

Many cypress trees have needle-like, evergreen foliage and acorn-like seed cones.

Their earlier relatives were very common in the forests of the Jurassic period.

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Cypress Media

• Actinostrobos arenarius fruits murchison.JPG

  Actinostrobus arenarius

• Austrocedrus chilensis

• Slender Cypress-pine.jpg

  Slender Cypress-pine Callitris gracilis at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, north-west Victoria, October 2003.

• Chamaecyparis Pisifera bonsai.JPG

  Chamaecyparis pisifera, bonsai

• Nootka Cypress.jpg

  Cupressus nootkatensis

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  Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean Cypress), Tuscany, Italy

• Fokienia hodginsii - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC03140.JPG

  Chamaecyparis hodginsii (syn. Fokienia hodginsii). Plant specimen in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

• Fitzroya cupressoides (da Silvio Rossi).jpg

  Fitzroya cupressoides: Alerce Andino National Park

• Glyptostrobus pensilis 2007.06.28 10.10.35-p6280031.jpg

  Glyptostrobus pensilis foliage