Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cupressus sempervirens
Common name
Italian Cyress
Family
Cupressaceae
Where found
Occasionally naturalised. Coast and ranges north from the Wollongong area. Planted in Canberra. Rarely elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced tree to 30 m high. Branchlets 4-angled, usually flattened, in 2-dimensional sprays. Leaves opposite each other, scale-like, 0.05–0.2 cm long, green. Male and female cones on the same plant. Male cones 4–8 mm long, globular. Mature female cones almost globular, 25–40 mm long. Cone scales 8–14, each with 8–20 seeds. Cones single. Seeds with 2 narrow wings.
VICFLORA description: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/dcfd2399-5114-4d6b-aa9d-996c19117b18 (accessed 30 April 2021)
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