Hesperocyparis abramsiana

Santa Cruz cypress
Santa Cruz Cypress in a tree nursery.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Hesperocyparis
Species:
H. abramsiana
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis abramsiana
(C.B.Wolf) Bartel
Range map
Synonyms
List
    • Callitropsis abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) D.P.Little (2006)
    • Cupressus abramsiana C.B.Wolf (1948)
    • Cupressus abramsiana subsp. butanoensis Silba (2003)
    • Cupressus abramsiana subsp. locatellii Silba (2003)
    • Cupressus abramsiana subsp. neolomondensis Silba (2003)
    • Cupressus abramsiana subsp. opleri Silba (2003)
    • Cupressus butanoensis (Silba) Malone & Bisbee (2012)
    • Cupressus goveniana subsp. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) A.E.Murray (1982)
    • Cupressus goveniana var. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) Little (1970)
    • Hesperocyparis goveniana var. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) de Laub. (2012)
    • Neocupressus goveniana var. abramsiana (C.B.Wolf) de Laub. (2009)
    • Hesperocyparis abramsiana var. butanoensis (Silba) Bartel & R.P.Adams (2009)

The Santa Cruz cypress (Hesperocyparis abramsiana; formerly classified as Cupressus abramsiana) is a species of North American tree within the cypress family. The species is endemic to the Santa Cruz Mountains within the Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties of west-central California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the species on the Endangered Species Act in 1987 due to increasing threats from habitat loss and disruption of natural forest fire regimes. In 2016, the conservation status of the Santa Cruz cypress changed to Threatened. The cited reasoning was a decrease in threats against their habitat.

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