Hesperocyparis pygmaea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Hesperocyparis pygmaea (Lemmon) Bartel

Pygmy cypress

Hesperocyparis pygmaea is a tree that is native to California.

also called Callitropsis pygmaea

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~337 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Hesperocyparis
Family:	Cupressaceae
Category:	gymnosperm
PLANTS group:	Gymnosperm
Jepson eFlora section: gymnosperm

Communities: Closed-cone Pine Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Callitropsis pygmaea, Cupressus goveniana ssp. pigmaea, Cupressus pygmaea
OTHER	Hesperocyparis pigmaea

Information about Hesperocyparis pygmaea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 1B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/28/2025).