The cypress and juniper trees of the Rocky Mountain region . CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA (RlGHT^ WITH CHARACTERISTIC FURROWED BARK,CUPRESSUS GLABRA (LEFT) WITH SMOOTH SCALY BARK. Bui. 207, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate CYPRESS AND JUNIPER TREES OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. 9 Mr. Alfred Rchder detectedi Cupressus glabra in Oak Creek Canyon,about 20 miles south of Flagstaff, Ariz. In the same year Mr. R. found this species at various points in the Tonto NationalForest, Arizona. Further search is likely to reveal its existenceelsewhere in Arizona and possibly also in New Mexico and Mexico.
The cypress and juniper trees of the Rocky Mountain region . CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA (RlGHT^ WITH CHARACTERISTIC FURROWED BARK,CUPRESSUS GLABRA (LEFT) WITH SMOOTH SCALY BARK. Bui. 207, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate CYPRESS AND JUNIPER TREES OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. 9 Mr. Alfred Rchder detectedi Cupressus glabra in Oak Creek Canyon,about 20 miles south of Flagstaff, Ariz. In the same year Mr. R. found this species at various points in the Tonto NationalForest, Arizona. Further search is likely to reveal its existenceelsewhere in Arizona and possibly also in New Mexico and Mexico. The name smooth cypress is adopted here as descriptive of thetrees most conspicuous characteristic, its smooth, purple-red barkSettlers in the Verde River Canyon knew this tree long before itstechnical discovery and called it yew-wood, doubtless becausethe bark of the trunk resembles that of the western yew (Taxushrerifolia). DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. In general appearance the foliage of smooth cypress resemblesthat of the Arizona cypress, though the former species can be dis-tinguished from the latter by the compact, narrowly oval, or some-what pyramidal crown. The branches of smooth cypress, particularl
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