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Arizona cypress
Cupressaceae

Arizona cypress

Cupressus arizonica Greene

Hesperocyparis arizonica (Arizona cypress) is a coniferous evergreen tree native to southwestern US and northern Mexico, widely cultivated as ornamental.

Sargent's cypress
Cupressaceae

Sargent's cypress

Cupressus goveniana Gordon

Hesperocyparis goveniana is an endangered California-endemic evergreen cypress whose cones open only after wildfire.

Guadalupe cypress
Cupressaceae

Guadalupe cypress

Cupressus guadalupensis S.Watson

Guadalupe cypress is an endangered conifer endemic to Mexico's Guadalupe Island, cultivated as an ornamental worldwide.

Mexican cypress
Cupressaceae

Mexican cypress

Cupressus lusitanica Mill.

Hesperocyparis lusitanica is an evergreen conifer cultivated globally for ornament and timber, with fire-adapted seed cones.

Monterey Cypress
Cupressaceae

Monterey Cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw. ex Gordon

This is an overview of Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Monterey cypress, covering its description, distribution, cultivation and uses.

Sargent's cypress
Cupressaceae

Sargent's cypress

Cupressus sargentii Jeps.

Sargent's cypress is a California-endemic conifer that typically grows on serpentine soils and usually reproduces with the help of wildfire.

Mediterranean cypress
Cupressaceae

Mediterranean cypress

Cupressus sempervirens L.

Cupressus sempervirens (Italian cypress) is a long-lived evergreen conifer widely cultivated as an ornamental with medicinal and cosmetic uses.

Sandpaper tree
Dilleniaceae

Sandpaper tree

Curatella americana L.

Curatella americana L. is a semi-deciduous tropical American tree with local uses and ornamental cultivation.

palm grass
Hypoxidaceae

palm grass

Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

Curculigo capitulata, or palm grass, is an evergreen herb cultivated as an ornamental with various traditional and potential medicinal uses.

Golden-eyed Grass
Hypoxidaceae

Golden-eyed Grass

Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.

Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. is a flowering Curculigo species with multiple common names, native to parts of Asia and Oceania.

Toxic Beads
Asteraceae

Toxic Beads

Curio archeri (Compton) P.V.Heath

Curio archeri is a small succulent native to rocky regions of south-western Western Cape, South Africa.

Asteraceae

Curio avasimontanus (Dinter) P.V.Heath

Curio avasimontanus (Dinter) P.V.Heath

Curio avasimontanus is a plant with purple-green pencil-like stems, soft spines, and orange hawkweed-like flowers.

Curio corymbifer (DC.) Eggli
Asteraceae

Curio corymbifer (DC.) Eggli

Curio corymbifer (DC.) Eggli

Curio corymbifer is a branching succulent shrub native to dry rocky areas of southern Africa.

String of Bananas
Asteraceae

String of Bananas

Curio radicans (L.) P.V.Heath

Curio radicans is a mat-forming succulent native to southern Africa, widely grown as a popular easy ornamental plant.

Assegai tree
Curtisiaceae

Assegai tree

Curtisia dentata (Burm.fil.) C.A.Sm.

Curtisia dentata, the Assegai tree, is a protected Southern African flowering tree used in traditional medicine and grown ornamentally.

California dodder
Convolvulaceae

California dodder

Cuscuta californica Choisy

Cuscuta californica is a parasitic dodder vine found across western North America that grows on host plants.

Field Dodder
Convolvulaceae

Field Dodder

Cuscuta campestris Yunck.

Cuscuta campestris is a widespread holoparasitic agricultural weed that depends entirely on host plants for nutrients.

Clover Dodder
Convolvulaceae

Clover Dodder

Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.

Cuscuta epithymum is a rootless holoparasitic dodder widely used in traditional medicine with reported hepatotoxicity at high long-term doses.

Greater Dodder
Convolvulaceae

Greater Dodder

Cuscuta europaea L.

Cuscuta europaea L. is a species with detailed morphological traits and a known distribution across Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

Scaldweed
Convolvulaceae

Scaldweed

Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Schult.

Cuscuta gronovii, common dodder, is a small-chlorophyll parasitic annual vine native to North America that infects host plants.

Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock.
Convolvulaceae

Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock.

Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock.

In 2019 on July 30, Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock. was found in a birch forest on the west coast of Lake "Bol'shoe Beloe" in Russia's Tyumen Region, on Urtica, Rosa, and Filipendula.

Pacific goldenthread
Convolvulaceae

Pacific goldenthread

Cuscuta pacifica Costea & M.A.R.Wright

Cuscuta pacifica, or salt marsh dodder, is a parasitic annual vine native to western North American coastal salt marshes.

Southern Cabbagetree
Araliaceae

Southern Cabbagetree

Cussonia paniculata Eckl. & Zeyh.

Cussonia paniculata is a South African native tree or shrub grown ornamentally, with leaves used to treat dysmenorrhea.

Cabbage tree
Araliaceae

Cabbage tree

Cussonia spicata Thunb.

Cussonia spicata Thunb. is an African tree used in traditional medicine, with currently researched medicinal properties.

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