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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 fast-growing hybrid Leyland cypress (Cupressus × leylandii), much used in gardens, draws one of its parents from this genus (Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress); the other parent, Callitropsis nootkatensis (Nootka cypress), is also sometimes classified in this genus, or else in the separate genus Xanthocyparis, but in the past more ...
Cypress (multiple species within the genus Cupressus): Cupressus sempervirens, a common cypress also referred to as Italian cypress and Mediterranean cypress. [2] It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Iran. Hesperocyparis lusitanica, commonly known as the Mexican cypress, which is native to Mexico and Central America. [3 ...
Members of Hesperocyparis were and still are placed in Cupressus by many authorities, but phylogenetic evidence supports a different affinity. A 2021 molecular study found Hesperocyparis to be the sister group to the genus Callitropsis (containing only the Nootka cypress), with this clade being sister to the Asian genus Xanthocyparis, containing only the Vietnamese golden cypress.
Cupressus × leylandii is a hybrid of two other cypress species: Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Nootka cypress (Cupressus nootkatensis). The taxonomic status of Nootka cypress has changed over time, and this has affected the taxonomic status of the hybrid.
In 1941, a stone retaining wall was constructed around the base of the tree to protect its roots from erosion. [2]In 1948, a series of cables were installed to help support the tree.
Cupressus: true cypresses; Cupressus arizonica stephensonii: Cuyamaca cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Cupressus forbesii: Tecate cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Cupressus × leylandii: Leyland cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Cupressus macrocarpa: Monterey cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Cupressus sempervirens
In 1896 Maxwell T. Masters, as part of a paper on the genus Cupressus as a whole, thought it properly classified as Cupressus macrocarpa var. guadalupensis, reducing it to a botanical variety. [2] In the same paper he also combined a number of Mexican species to just two, Cupressus benthamii and Cupressus thurifera. [14]