Cupressus arizonica var. glabra

Central Arizona

Graceful pyramid with fine-textured foliage.

Sun, with well-drained soil. Plants relish hot and dry conditions.

Specimen and large group plantings. May be used for screens in hot, dry climates.

Leaves arranged in four rows, adpressed, scale-like and overlapping, .1 inch long. Apex of leaf sharp pointed, leaves typically blue green or gray green,

Bark smooth (unlike the species), cherry red to mahogany brown.

Monoecious, with male in small oblong cones, yellowish in color; female in a subglobose cone.

Cone globose, 1 to 1.25 inches in diameter, with 6 to 8 scales.

Seed, cuttings.