Cupressus forbesii - Tecate cypress

Tecate cypress (Cupressus forbesii) is an evergreen tree native to the mountains overlooking Tijuana, Mexico, staying uniformly tight and symmetrical with green-gray foliage and cherry-red bark.¹ It grows 3-10 m tall and 3-5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Drought-tolerance¹
• Hedge¹
• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	3-10
Diameter (m)	3-5

Footnotes

1. Cupressus forbesii, Tecate Cypress | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩