Tecate Cypress
Hesperocyparis forbesii
Tecate cypress is a rare fire-adapted cypress of Southern California chaparral, with cherry-red bark and dense gray-green foliage; its cones open after fire. A tough evergreen for dry slopes.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–30 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA