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The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree located in Pebble Beach, California. Standing atop a granite headland overlooking Carmel Bay , the tree has become a Western icon and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America.
17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre (2,100 ha) Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa also known as Cupressus macrocarpa, [4] [5] or the Monterey cypress is a coniferous tree, and is one of several species of cypress trees native to California. The Monterey cypress is found naturally only on the Central Coast of California .
The Lone Cypress near sunset. The Lone Cypress is the official symbol of Pebble Beach, California and a significant landmark on the scenic 17-Mile Drive just outside the city. The Drive is on the northern edge of California 's Big Sur coast, an area of rugged cliffs and mountains over the Pacific Ocean .
The Moore Haven Downtown Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on October 12, 1995) located in Moore Haven, Florida.The district runs from 3 through 99 Avenue J., 100 1st Street and Lone Cypress Park, a park which houses the only cypress tree in the district.
Kristen Adele Calhoun's haunting "Black Cypress Bayou" wrestles with history and reparations in its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater.
Apollo transforms Cyparissus into a cypress tree, and the sap that typically drips down the tree's trunk represents Cyparissus' tears. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Consequently, the cypress emerged as a symbol of mourning, sadness, and loss in classical mythology , thereby serving an aetiological purpose in explaining its cultural significance. [ 23 ]
Cupressaceae or the cypress family is a family of conifers. The family includes 27–30 genera (17 monotypic ), which include the junipers and redwoods , with about 130–140 species in total. They are monoecious , subdioecious or (rarely) dioecious trees and shrubs up to 116 m (381 ft) tall.