Pygmy Cypress (Hesperocyparis pygmaea)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Cupressaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 139420
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Categories of Interest: Conifers
Date Inducted in National Collection: 01/17/2019

Description:

Where is Pygmy Cypress (Hesperocyparis pygmaea) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Pygmy Cypress can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Pygmy Cypress (Hesperocyparis pygmaea)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 01/17/19

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 5 accessions of Hesperocyparis pygmaea in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 25925 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.