''Cupressus arizonica'' var. ''glabra'', known as the Arizona smooth bark cypress or smooth Arizona cypress, is a conifer native to the American Southwest, with a range stretching over the canyons and slopes in a somewhat wide vicinity around Sedona, Arizona. It was first described by George Bishop Sudworth in 1910. It is distinguished from ''

Cupressus arizonica ''Cupressus arizonica'', the Arizona cypress, is a North American species of tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. Populations may be scattered rather than in large, dense stands. Descripti ...

'' var. ''arizonica'' by its very smooth, non-furrowed bark which can appear in shades of pink, cherry, and grey. It is often seen in cultivation, as unlike the

Monterey cypress ''Hesperocyparis macrocarpa'' is a coniferous tree. It is commonly known as the Monterey cypress and is one of several species of cypress trees endemic to California. The Monterey cypress is found naturally only on the Central Coast of Califor ...

, it has proved almost immune to

cypress canker Cypress canker is a disease affecting ''Cupressus'' species, caused by one of several species of fungus in the genus ''Seiridium''. Infection causes die-back of twigs and branches in susceptible cypress trees, with rapidly increasing amounts of d ...

References

*Wolf, C. B. & Wagener, W. E. (1948). The New World cypresses. ''El Aliso'' 1: 195–205.

External links

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Cupressus.net: ''Cupressus glabra''

Gymnosperm database.org: ''Cupressus glabra''
arizonica var. glabra Flora of Arizona Endemic flora of the United States Trees of the Southwestern United States Plants described in 1910 {{Conifer-stub