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Cupressus nevadensis
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Tree
This subspecies does not have the smooth bark that many of the subspecies of the Arizona cypress have.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Trees
North side of Bald Eagle Peak, in the Piute Cypress Reserve, Saddle Spring road, #27S02, south of Bodfish, Kern County.
These trees are growing at the 4,500 foot level, in association with Pinus monophylla, Pinus sabiniana, and Juniperus californica. This area can occasionally experience heavy snowfalls of several feet in winter, however a permanent winter snowpack seldom develops.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Cones
Collected on Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
Piute Cypress has smooth cones without prominent umbos.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Trees
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
Lake Isabela seen in background.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Trees
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Trees
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Trees
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
Growing with Pinus sabiniana.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Trees
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Branch
Detail.
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Typical cones
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Cones
Bald Eagle Peak, Kern County.
These cones are more similar to the typical Arizona Cypress cones (Cupressus glabra).
California
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Cupressus nevadensis

Cupressus nevadensis
- Immature cones
Bald Eagle Peak.
California

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