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, gowan cypress, Gowen cypress, Mendocino cypress, pygmy cypress, Santa Cruz 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 (2011) Jiangsu
United States (west coast) United States (west coast states)	USA (California)	native	Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. (2011)

Additional information:
Information from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

Additional online information about Cupressus goveniana is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Cupressus goveniana as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Cupressus goveniana may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Atkinson, Rachel/Sawyer, John. 2011. Naturalized species in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile. Unpublished spreadsheet.

Danton, Philippe/Perrier, Christophe/Martinez Reyes, Guido. 2006. Nouveau catalogue de la flore vaculaire de l'archipel Juan Fernández (Chile) [Nuevo catálogo de la flora vacular del Archipélago Juan Fernández (Chile)]. Acta Bot. Gallica 153(4):399-587.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 2011. Flora of North America North of Mexico (online edition).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.

Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong. 2011. Flora of China (online resource).