| Arizona Cypress |
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| File size | 93391 |
| Original date | 6/22/10 9:54 PM |
| Resolution | 712 x 534 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Cupressus arizonica Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
Arizona Cypress is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic to
ovoid-conic crown. It grows to heights of 10-25 m, and its trunk diameter
reaches 50 cm. Leaves grow in dense sprays, varying from dull gray-green
to bright glaucous blue-green in color. Leaves are scale-like, 2-5 mm
long, and are produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots. The seed cones
are spherical to oblong, 1.5-3.3 cm long, with 6 or 8 (rarely 4 or 10)
scales, green at first, maturing to gray or gray-brown about 20-24 months
after pollination. The cones remain closed for many years, only opening
after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire, thereby allowing the seeds
to colonize the bare ground exposed by the fire. The male cones are 3-5 mm
long, and release pollen in February-March.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed at Shankeracharya hill, Kashmir. |