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Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs from the Cupressus genus of the Cupressaceae family, typically found in warm-temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Europe, and North America.
Forbes-Irving has argued that the cypress as tree of mourning was mostly a Roman tradition, with little evidence of it playing such a role in Greek society. [7] It is possible however that the earlier Greek source of Cyparissus's myth diverged significantly from the surviving later ones, and was originally used to explain the connection of the ...
The Cypress of Abarkuh (Persian: سرو ابرکوه Sarv-e Abarkuh), also called the Zoroastrian Sarv, [1] is a Persian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) tree in Abarkuh in Yazd Province of Iran.
Tetraclinis forest at Al Hoceima National Park. Tetraclinis (also called arar, [2] araar [3] or Sictus tree) is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Tetraclinis articulata, also known as Thuja articulata, [4] sandarac, sandarac tree [5] or Barbary thuja, [6] endemic to the western Mediterranean region.
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A gigantic cypress tree found in a canyon in Tibet stands as the tallest tree ever discovered in Asia and the second tallest in the world. The tree, measuring over 335ft in height and nearly 9.2ft ...
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa also known as Cupressus macrocarpa, [4] [5] or the Monterey cypress is a coniferous tree, and is one of several species of cypress trees endemic to California. The Monterey cypress is found naturally only on the Central Coast of California .
The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree located in Pebble Beach, California. Standing atop a granite headland overlooking Carmel Bay , the tree has become a Western icon and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America.