Cupressus nevadensis - Piute cypress

Piute cypress (Cupressus nevadensis) is a small evergreen conifer endemic to the mountains of Kern County, California, growing fast to about 20 feet then slowly to 30 feet with gray foliage.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

Type

• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²

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

Footnotes

1. Cupressus nevadensis, Piute Cypress | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 15 seconds ↩