Cupressus goveniana Gordon, Cupressaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Callitropsis abramsiana (C. B. Wolf) D. P. Little; Callitropsis goveniana (Gordon) D. P. Little; Cupressus abramsiana C. B. Wolf; Cupressus pigmaea (Lemmon) Sarg.; Hesperocyparis abramsiana (C. B. Wolf) Bartel; Neocupressus goveniana (Gordon) de Laub.

Common name(s): [more details]

Chinese: jia zhou bai mu

English: Californian cypress, Gowen cypress, Mendocino cypress, Santa Cruz cypress, gowan cypress, pygmy cypress

Habit:  shrub/tree

Description:  "Shrubs or small trees usually to 10 m, but to 50 m under favorable conditions, or bearing cones at as little as 2 dm on shallow hardpan soils; crown globose to columnar, dense or sparse. Bark smooth or rough, fibrous. Branchlets decussate, 1-1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves without abaxial gland or sometimes with embedded abaxial gland that does not produce drop of resin, not glaucous. Pollen cones 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm; pollen sacs 3-6. Seed cones globose, 1-2.5 (-3) cm, grayish brown, not glaucous; scales 3-5 pairs, smooth, umbo nearly flat at maturity. Seeds 3-4 (-5) mm, dark brown to jet black, sometimes slightly glaucous"  (Flora of North America online).

Description from Flora of China.

Habitat/ecology:  In the United States (California, native), "coastal closed-cone pine forests, especially on sterile soils; 60-800 m"  (Flora of North America online).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  United States (California) (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Chile (offshore islands) Juan Fernández Islands	Isla Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island)	introduced invasive cultivated	Atkinson, Rachel/Sawyer, John (2011)
Chile (offshore islands) Juan Fernández Islands	Isla Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island)	introduced invasive	Danton, Philippe/Perrier, Christophe/Martinez Reyes, Guido (2006) (p. 553)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
China China	China (People's Republic of)	introduced cultivated	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) Jiangsu
United States (west coast) United States (west coast states)	USA (California)	native	Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Cupressus goveniana, please let us know.