CYPRESS
BOTANICAL NAMES AND COMMON NAMES:

Cypress is the name applied to many plants in the family Cupressaceae, the cypress family. Previous taxonomic classifications put some of the cypress species (particularly Taxodium distichum which includes much of the cypress found in the USA) in the family Taxodiaceae but a reclassification has moved them to the family Cupressaceae. All of these species are confiers that grow primariy in various temperate regions. Most cypress species are trees but a few are shrubs and the variation in height of the various species is considerable, going up to about 150 feet for the tallest. Of the various genera in the family, the two most readily available (in the USA) that have the word "cypress" in their common names are Cupressus and Chamaecyparis but there are many others. In Australia, it is the genus Callitris. The list below is fairly extensive and gives most of the major varieties, but I make no claim that it is exhaustive. There are approximately 15 other genera in the family Cupressaceae that are not listed below because they do not use "cypress" in their common names.

In parts of South America, especially Belize and Honduras, many of the species in the genera Podocarpus are given the common name "cypress" but they are not even in the Cupressaceae family and thus are not listed here.

Several cypress species are called "cedar" or some variation of that name (as given below), but they are not cedar, they're cypress. Likewise, particularly in Australia, a number of cypress species (genus Callitris) are given variations on the common name "pine".

BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME(S)
Actinostrobus spp.	cypress pines (NOT actually pines)
Austrocedrus chilensis	Austrocedrus, Chilean Cedar, Chilean incense-cedar, cipres, cipres del certo, ciprés de la cordillera, cipres norte, Cordilleran cypress
Austrocedrus acuminatus	Moore River cypress pine
Austrocedrus pyramidalis	bruce rock cypress pine, King George's cypress pine, swamp cypress
Callitris spp.	cypress pines (but NOT actually pines) see below for various names by species
Callitris arborea	cedar (South Africa), coastal cypress pine
Callitris baileyi	Bailey cypress pine (Australia), cypress pine
Callitris calcarata	black cypress, black cypress pine, cypress pine, red cypress, red cypress pine, red pine
Callitris canescens	cypress pine, Kellerberrin cypress pine (Australia), Morrison's cypress pine (Australia)
Callitris columellaris	white cypress pine, also known as: Australian callitris (Australia), australische callitris (Australia), australisk callitris (Australia), bribie island cypress pine, callitris (Australia), callitris areneux (Australia), callitris arenoso (Australia), callitris Australiano (Australia), callitris australien (Australia), coast cypress pine (Australia), coastal cypress (Australia), cypress pine (Australia), donkere callitris (Australia), kallitris (Australia), murray pine, murray pine (Australia), murray river cypress (Australia), murray river pine (Australia), northern cypress pine (Australia), pine (Australia), queensland cypress pine (Australia), richmond river cypress pine (Australia), sand cypress (Australia), sandkallitris (Australia), sleepers tree (Australia), western cypress, western cypress (Australia), white cypress (Australia), white cypress pine (Africa, Australia), white cypress pine (Africa, Australia, USA), white pine (Australia), zandcallitris (Australia),
Callitris cupressiformis	Illawarra callitris (Australia), Illawarra mountain pine (Australia)
Callitris drummondii	cypress pine, Drummond cypress pine (Australia)
Callitris endlicheri	Australian callitris (Australia), black cypress (Australia), black cypress pine (Australia), black pine (Australia), black mountain cypress pine, Endlicher cypress pine (Australia), mountain pine (Australia), Murray pine (Australia), red cypress pine, red pine (Australia)
Callitris glauca	cypress pine, murray pine, murray river cypress, murray river pine, western cypress, western sand cypress, white cypress pine, white glaoucous
Callitris glaucophylla	white cypress pine, also known as: cypress pine, murray cypress pine, murray pine, murray river cypress, murray river pine, new zealand white pine, western cypress, white cypress pine (Australia)
Callitris gracilis	murray pine, slender cypress pine
Callitris hugelii	blue cypress pine, cypress pine, murray pine, white cypress pine, white marung
Callitris intratropica	cypress pine, northern australia cypress pine, northern cypress pine, northern white cypress pine, white cypress pine
Callitris juniperoides	cederboom (South Africa)
Callitris macleayana	brush cypress, brush cypress pine (Australia), callitris grande (Australia), kerosene pine (Australia), Macleay cypress pine (Australia), Port Macquarie pine (Australia), Queensland callitris, (Australia), scrub cypress pine, stor callitris (Australia), stringybark cypress (Australia), stringybark cypress pine, stringybark pine (Australia)
Callitris monticola	Wallangarra cypress pine (Australia)
Callitris muelleri	cypress pine, Illawara pine (Australia), Meuller cypress pine (Australia), murray pine
Callitris neocaledonica	Humbolt cypress pine (New Caledonia)
Callitris glauca	Murray River cypress
Callitris oblonga	dwarf cypress pine, Tasmanian cypress pine (Australia)
Callitris preissii	bergcallitris (Australia), callitris (Australia), callitris commun (Australia), callitris comun (Australia), callitris comune (Australia), callitris de la montagne (Australia), callitris de la montana (Australia), callitris della montagna (Australia), common cypress pine (Australia), coorong (Australia), cypress pine (Australia), knobcone cypress-pine (Australia), Mallee cypress-pine (Australia), Mallee pine (Australia), marung (Australia), mountain cypress-pine (Australia), Murray cypress-pine (Australia), Murray pine (Australia), Murray white pine (Australia), Preiss cypress-pine (Australia), Rottnest Island cypress pine (Australia), Rottnest Island pine (Australia), scrub cypress pine (Australia), slender cypress pine (Africa, Australia), slender pine (Australia), turpentine pine (Africa), vanlig callitris (Australia), Wentworth cypress-pine (Australia)
Callitris rhomboidea	brorogery (Australia), cypress pine (Australia), dune cypress (Australia), dune cypress pine (Australia), Oyster Bay cypress pine (Australia), Oyster Bay pine (Australia), Port Jackson cypress pine (Australia), Port Jackson pine (Australia)
Callitris robusta	white cypress, white cypress pine
Callitris roei	cypress pine, Roe cypress-pine (Australia)
Callitris sulcuta	camboui cypress-pine (New Caledonia)
Callitris tasmanica	oyster bay pine
Callitris verrucosa	mallee pine, scrub cypress pine
Chamaecyparis spp.	primarily known as false cypress (BUT these actually ARE cypress), or white cedar, see below for other names by species
Chamaecyparis formosensis	Formosan cypress, also known as: beniki (Taiwan), cypress, taiwan sawara, dantotei (Taiwan), Formosa cedar (Taiwan), Formosan chamaecyparis (Taiwan), matsumura (Japan), tamsui (Taiwan)
Chamaecyparis funebris	Chinese mourning cypress, Chinese weeping chamaecyparis, funeral cypress, mourning cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa	Japanese cypress, also known as: cedar (Japan), cedre du Japon (Japan), cedro de Hinoki (Japan) cipresso giapponese (Japan), cypres japonais (Japan), Formosan hinoki chamaecyparis (Taiwan), fusi-noki (Asia), hinoki (Japan, Taiwan), Hinoki cypress (Japan), hinoki cedar (Japan), hinoki cypress (Japan), hinoki false cypress (Japan), Japanese cedar (Japan), Japanese cypress (Japan), Japanese hinoki chamaecyparis (Japan), Japanse cypres (Japan), japansk cypress (Japan), taiwan hinoki (Taiwan)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson cypress, also known as: Californische cypres (USA), cedro de Oregon (USA), cedro de Puerto Orford (USA), cedro port orford (USA), cipres de Lawson (USA), cipresso di California (USA), cipresso di Lawson (USA), cypres de Lawson (USA), gewone cypres (USA), false cypress, ginger pine (USA), lawson chamaecyparis (USA), Lawson cypress (Australia, USA), matchwood (USA), Oregon cedar (Canada, USA), Oregon cypress (USA), Oregon zeder (USA), pencil cedar (USA), Port Orford cedar (USA), Port Orford white cedar (USA), scheinzypresse (USA), spruce gum (USA), white cedar (USA), white cypress (USA)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana-stewartii	Stewart golden false cypress, Lawson cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera	Japanese cypress, also known as: cedar (Japan), cipres pisifero (Japan), cipresso pisifero (Japan), cypres Sawara (Japan),false cypress, formosa cypress, Hondo cypres (Japan), Japanese sawara (Japan), k'wahak (Japan), pea-fruited cypress (Japan), peafruited cypress (Japan), plumed retinospora (USA), retinospora porte-pois (Japan), sawara (Japan), sawara cedar (Japan), sawara chamaecyparis (Japan), Sawara cypres (Japan), sawara cypress (Japan), sawara false cypress, sawara zypresse
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis	Alaska cypress, also known as: Alaska cedar (Canada, USA), Alaska cypress (Canada, USA), Alaska ground cypress (USA), Alaska yellow cedar (Canada, USA), Alaska zeder (USA), amerikansk cypress (Canada, USA), cedro giallo (USA), cipres americano (Canada, USA), cipres nootka (Canada, USA), cipresso americano (Canada, USA), cipresso dell'Alasca (Canada, USA), cipresso nootka Canada, USA), cypres de Nootka faux (Canada), cypres du nutka (Canada, USA), cypres aune (Canada), faux cypress de nootka (Canada, USA), nootka chamaecyparis (Canada, USA), nootka cypress (Canada, USA), nootka false cypress (USA), Nootka Sound cypress (USA), nootka-false cypress (Canada, USA), nutka cypres (Canada, USA), Pacific coast cypress, Pacific Coast yellow cedar (Canada, USA), sitka cypress (USA), sitka yellow-cedar cypress USA), white cedar (USA), yellow cedar (Canada, USA), yellow cypress (Canada, USA)
Chamaecyparis thyoides	Alaska cypress, also known as: false cypress, also known as: Amerikansk vitcedar, atlantic white cedar, boat cedar, cedra blanc d'amerique, cedro bianco americano, cedro blanco, cedro blanco americano, chilopsis, cipres blanco, cipresso bianco, coast white cedar, Eastern white cedar, juniper, kogelcypres, post cedar, retinospora, southern white cedar, swamp cedar, swano white cedar, vit cypress, white cedar, white chamaecyparis, white cypress, willow, desert, witte Amerikaanse cedar, yellowood cedar, zeder-zypresse
Cupressus arizonica	Arizona cypress (Australia, Hawaiian Islands, USA), Arizona red-bark cypress (USA), Arizona rough cypress (Hawaiian Islands, USA), Arizona smooth cypress (Hawaiian Islands, USA), cedro (Mexico, USA), cedro blanco (Mexico, USA), cipres (USA), cipres de Mejico (USA), cipresso dell'Arizona (USA), cipresso messicano (USA), cuyamaca cypress (USA), cypres d'Arizona (USA), pinabete (Mexico), piute cypress (USA), red-bark cypress (USA), rough-bark Arizona cypress (Mexico, USA), rough-barked cypress (USA), smooth cypress (USA), smooth-bark Arizona cypress (Mexico, USA), Sudworth's silver cypress (USA), tascate (Mexico), tasco (Mexico), yew-wood (USA)
Cryptomeria japonica	Japanese cypress, also known as: benisugi (China and Japan), cedar, Chinese cryptomeria (China), common cryptomeria (Eastern China and Japan), criptomeria (Japan), criptomeria japonesa (Eastern China and Japan), crittomeria giapponese (Eastern China and Japan), cryptomeria (Hawaii and Reunion Island), cryptomerie du japon (Eastern China and Japan), cypress, fir, honsugl (Japan), Japanese cryptomeria (Japan), Japanse ceder (Eastern China and Japan), jindai-sugi (Japan), jindaisugi, kosugi (Japan), kryptomeria (Eastern China and Japan), kurosugi (Japan), lugi (Hawaiian islands), pine, redwood, san sugi (Japan), sicheltanne (Eastern China), sugi, sugi (Eastern China and Japan), sugi mats (Japan), suji, yakusugi (Japan)
Cupressus bakeri	Baker cypress (USA), cipres Macnab (USA), cipresso Macnab (USA), cypres de Macnab (USA), Macnab cypress (USA), modoc cypress (USA), Siskiyou cypress (USA)
Cupressus benthamii	bentham's cypress, bentham mexican cypress
Cupressus cashmeriana	Kashmir cypress (China)
Cupressus chengiana	Cheng cypress (China)
Cupressus declouxiana	Bhutan cypress (USA), ducloux cypress (China), Himalayan cypress
Cupressus endlicheri	black cypress pine
Cupressus forbesi	tecate cypress
Cupressus funebris	ba mu (China), bach (Cambodia, Vietnam), bach diep (Cambodia, Vietnam), Chinese weeping cypress (China, Nepal), cipres funebre (China, Nepal), cipresso funebre (China, Nepal), cypres funebre (China, Nepal), cypres pleureur (China, Nepal), funeral cypress (China, Nepal), hoang dan (Vietnam), kala dhupi (India), ngoc am (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam), pai mu (Southern Asia), po hsa (China), po mu (China)
Cupressus gigantea	Tsang riverpo cypress (China)
Cupressus glabra	Arizona cypress
Cupressus glandulosa	Macnab cypress (USA)
Cupressus goveniana	California cypress (USA), Californische cypres (USA), cipres de California (USA), cipresso di California (USA), cypres de Gowen (USA), Gowen cypress (USA), kalifornisk cypress (USA), Mendocino cypress (USA), mountain cypress (USA), north coast cypress (USA), pygmy cypress (USA), Santa Cruz cypress (USA), Sargent cypress (USA)
Cupressus guadalupensi	Guadalupe cypress (Mexico, USA), also known as: Arizona cypress (USA), Forbes cypress (Mexico, USA), pinebete (Mexico), Tecate cypress (USA)
Cupressus hartwegii	hartwig's cypress
Cupressus lindleyi	lindley's cypress, also known as Mexican cypress
Cupressus lusitanica	Bentham cypress (Mexico), Bentham mexican cypress, cedar of Goa (Brazil, Mexico), cedre de Goa (Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal), cedro blanco (Mexico), ciprecillo (Honduras), cipres (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras), cipres de Mexico (Mexico), cipres mexicano (Puerto Rico), cipres nuculpat (Mexico), cipres portugues (Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal), cipresso del Portogallo (Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal), cipresso di bentham (Brazil), cipresso messicano (Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal), cypres du Mexique (Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal), cypres du Portugal (Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal), cypress (Guatemala, Mexico), East African cypress (East Africa), goa cedar, gretado amarillo (Mexico), gretado galan (Mexico), Guatemalan cypress, Lindley's cypress (South Africa), Lusitanica cypress (Mexico), Mexican cypress (Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Tropics, USA), mexikansk cypress (Guatemala, Mexico), narok cypress (Guatemala), nuculpat (Mexico), Portuguese cedar (Mexico), Portuguese cypress (Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal), sabino (Mexico), sesa'na (Mexico), tascate (Mexico), tatzcanti (Mexico), teatlale (Mexico), teotlate (Mexico), tlascal (Mexico), tlascale (Mexico), tlatzcan (Mexico), tlazcan (Mexico), tlazzcan (Mexico)
Cupressus macnabiana	MacNab's cypress (USA), also known as: California mountain cypress (USA), fragrant cypress (USA), gray cypress (USA), Monterey cypress, shasta cypress (USA), smooth Arizona cypress (USA), white cedar (USA)
Cupressus macrocarpa	California cypress (USA), Californische cypres (USA), cipres (Ecuador), cipres americano (USA), cipres Lambert (USA), cipresso americano (USA), cipresso di California (USA), cypres a gros fruites (USA), cypres de Lambert (USA), cypres de Monterey (USA), East African cypress (East Africa), kalifornisk cypress (USA), macrocarpa (New Zealand), Monterey cypress (Australia, Hawaiian Islands, USA)
Cupressus montana	San Pedro martir cypress (USA)
Cupressus nevadensis	little piute cypress, piute cypress (USA)
Cupressus obtusa	hinoki cypress (Japan)
Cupressus pygmaea	mendocino cypress (USA)
Cupressus sabinoides	sabine cypress
Cupressus sargentii	Sargent's cypress (USA)
Cupressus sauvinols	pencil pine
Cupressus sempervirens	altijdgroene cypres (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), arcipresso (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), cipres (Puerto Rico), cipres comun (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), cipres italiano (Puerto Rico), cipresso (Europe, Iran, Nepal), cipresso columnare (Europe), cipresso comune (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), cipresso sempreverde (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), common cypress (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), common evergreen cypress (United Kingdom), cypres commun (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), cypres d'italie, cypres pyramidal (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), cypress (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), cypress-of-Jerusalem (Israel), East African cypress (East Africa), echte zypresse (Europe), funeral cypress (United Kingdom), gopherwood, immergrune Zypress (Europe), Italiaanse cypres (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), Italian black cypressItalian cypress (Hawaiian Islands, Iran, Mediterranean Region, Puerto Rico, Turkey), Mediterranean cypress (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), Moroccan cypress (Morocco), sahil selvisi (Mediterranean Region), salu ag (Mediterranean Region), sara (Mediterranean Region), sarbin (Mediterranean Region), saruboke (Mediterranean Region), saulenformige cypresse (Europe), tamrit cypress (Algeria), tarout (North Africa), true cypress (Europe), vanlig cypress (Iran, Mediterranean Region, Turkey), zypresse (Mediterranean Region)
Cupressus stephensonii	cuyamaca cypress (USA)
Cupressus suaveolens	pencil pine cypress
Cupressus torulosa	himalayan cypress, also known as: Bhutan cypress (Nepal), cipres de Nepal (Nepal), cipresso dell'himalaya (Nepal), cipresso dell'Imalaia (Nepal), cypres de Nepal (Nepal), deodar (India), devidar (India), devidiar (India), devidiyar, dhupi (India), dotial, galla (India), gello (India), gellu (India), gulrai (India), himalaya cipres (India), Himalaya cypres (Nepal), Himalaya zypresse (Nepal), kallain (India), kashmir cypress (China, India), leauri (India), leaury (India), leori, leuri (India), Nepal cypress (Nepal), raisal (India), raisalla, rasula (India), sarai (India), sarru (India), surah-vyu (India), surin (India), swrai (India)
Fitzroya cupressoides	Fitzroy cypress, also known as: alerce (Argentina, Chile), alerchholz (Chile), Chinese false larch, lahua (Chile), lahuan (Chile), Patagonian cypress, patagonian fitroya (Argentina, Chile), pioche (Chile), quiote (South America), zongalica (Chile)
Fokienia hodginsii	Fujian cypress, hodgins fokiena (China, Vietnam), lang len (Laos), len le (Laos), p'aak heung (Southern China), pe mou (Cambodia, Eastern China, Vietnam), pe mu (Vietnam), pemou (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam), peu mou (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam), phay sung (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam), po mu (Vietnam), vac (Vietnam)
Glyptostrobus europaeus	Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldii	Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus pensilis	Chinese swamp cypress, also known as: Chileense cypress (Southern China), Chinese deciduous cypress (Southern China) Chinese swamp cypress (Southern China), Chinese water pine (Southern China) taxodier nicifere (Southern China), water pine (Southern China)
Microbiota decussata	Siberian cypress
Pilgerodendron uvifera	cedre du Chile (Argentina, Chile), Chilean cedar (Argentina, Chile), Chilean incense cedar (Argentina, Chile), Chileense cypres (Argentina, Chile), cipres (Chile), cipres de Cordillera (Argentina, Chile), cipres de guaitecas (Chile), cipresso del Cile (Argentina, Chile), cypres du Chili (Argentina, Chile), libocedri dell'america meridion (Chile)
Pilgerodendron uviferum	cipres (Chile), ciprés de las Guaitecas (Chile), cipres de las Guaytecas (Chile), Guaitecas cypress, Pilgerodendron, lahuan (Chile), Patagonian pilgerodendron (Argentina, Chile)
Taxodium spp.	bald cypress, pond cypress, Montezuma cypress
Taxodium ascendens	pond cypress
Taxodium distichum	North American cypress, also known as: Amerikanische zypresse (USA), amerikansk cypress (USA), bald cypress (USA), baldcypress (USA), black cypress (USA), buck cypress (USA), canoe water pine (Southern China), Chinese swamp cypress (Southern China), cipres americano (USA), cipres calvo (USA), cipres de pantano (USA), cipres pond (USA), cipresso calvo (USA), cipresso del sud (USA), cipresso delle paludi (USA), cipresso pond (USA), common bald cypress (USA), common-baldcypress (USA), cow cypress (USA), cupresso delle paludi (USA), cypres chauve (France, USA), cypres de la Louisiane (USA), cypres de Louisiane (USA), cypres pond (USA), deciduous cypress (USA), gulf cypress (USA), gulf red cypress (USA), knee cypress (USA), Louisiana black cypress (USA), Louisiana cypress (United Kingdom, USA), Louisiana red cypress (USA), moerascypres (USA), pond bald cypress (USA), red cypress (USA), river cypress (USA), sabino wood, satine faux (USA), shui ts'ung (Southern China), shui tsung kan (Southern China), southern cypress (USA), sump cypress (USA), Sumpftaxodie (USA), Sumpfzypresse (USA), swamp cypress (USA, China), taxodier chauve (USA), tidewater red cypress (USA), upland cypress (USA), virginische sumpfzedar (USA), white cypress (USA), yellow cypress (USA), zweizeilige Sumpfzypresse (USA)
Taxodium mucronatum	Mexican cypress, also known as: ahoehuetl (Mexico), ahuehuete (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), ahuehuetl (Mexico), arbol de Santa Maria del Tule (Mexico), black cypress (Mexico), bochil (Mexico), cedro (Mexico), chuche (Mexico), cipres (USA), cipres de Mejico (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), cipres de montezuma (Mexico), cipresso messicano (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), cypres de Montezuma (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), cypres du Mexique (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), cypress (Mexico), cypress, montezuma bald, Gulf Coast red cypress (Mexico), Gulf red cypress (Mexico), hauoli (Mexico), jahuoli (Mexico), jauoli (Mexico), mateoco (Mexico), Mexicaanse cypres (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), mexikansk cypress (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), Montezuma bald cypress (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), Montezuma baldcypress (Guatemala, Mexico, USA), nacino (Mexico), ndoxinda (Mexico), penhamu (Mexico), penjamu (Mexico), pentamon (Mexico), pentamu (Mexico), quitsincui (Mexico), sabino (Mexico, USA), t-nuyucul (Mexico), tassodio del messico (Mexico), tnuyucu (Mexico), yaa-yitz (Mexico), yaga-chi-cina (Mexico), yaga-chichicina (Mexico), yaga-chinchicino (Mexico), yaga-gui-xina (Mexico), yaga-guichi-cina (Mexico), yaga-quichi (Mexico), yaga-quichicina (Mexico), yucun-datura (Mexico)
Widdringtonia spp. includes the 4 listed below:	African cypress and see below
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis	African cypress, also known as: Cape cedar (South Africa), cedar (South Africa), cedar-tree (South Africa), cedarboom (South Africa), Clanwilliam cedar (South Africa), Clanwilliam cypress (South Africa), Clanwilliam widdringtonia (South Africa), sederbom (South Africa), sederhout (South Africa), South African widdringtonia (South Africa), widdringtonia de l'Afrique du sud (South Africa), widdringtonia sudafricana (South Africa), Zuidafrikaanse widdringtonia (South Africa)
Widdringtonia nodiflora	African cypress, also known as: Berg cypress (Africa), bergsapree (South Africa), bergsipress (South Africa), bobbejaankers (South Africa), Cape cypress (South Africa), dupresknop (South Africa), mlanje cedar (Zimbabwe), mountain cypress (South Africa), mountain widdringtonia (South Africa), mupande (South Africa, Zimbabwe), muranga (South Africa, Zimbabwe), musheza (Zimbabwe), sapreewood (Africa), sipresboom (South Africa), thaululo (South Africa
Widdringtonia schwarzii	African cypress, also known as: willowmore cedar (South Africa), Willowmore cypress, Willomore widdringtonia (South Africa)
Widdringtonia whytei	African cypress, also known as: cedar (East Africa), cypress (Africa), m'lanie (Africa), Milanji cedar (Malawi), mkuguza (Africa, Central Africa), mkungusa (Africa, Central Africa), mlanje (Africa), mlanje cedar (Central Africa, East Africa), mlanje cypress (Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Malawi), nkungusa (Malawi, Mozambique), widdringtonia (Africa)

TYPE: softwood

COLOR: Color will vary some by species and by area of growth, but most of the various kinds of cypress have a light tan heartwood, often with a yellowish tinge, and a sapwood that is even lighter. Some have darker heartwood (even to the point of being chocolate colored), some have sapwood that verges on pure white.

GRAIN: straight grain with pronounced demarcation between early growth and late growth

TEXTURE: generally fine, close, and very even but some species are more coarse. Some species tend to be knotty.

PROPERTIES / WORKABILITY: Most species are light, relatively soft, and very easy to work with both hand and machine tools, but sharp tools are recommended to avoid fuzziness. It take nails and screws well (although may have weak holding power due to softness of the wood). Moderately hard and strong, especially for its weight.

DURABILITY: Old growth cypress is so rot resistant that it was once used for water tanks and well casings that would last for decades. It is a physically soft wood, however, and so mechanical durability is poor and almost all of the various types would be totally unsuitable for flooring. Currenly available cypress is still very resistant to decay.

FINISH: Comes to a smooth finish and finishes well. Rated as exceptionally good in taking/retaining paint.

STABILITY: low movement in service

BENDING: poor to moderate depending on species

ODOR: some species have a sour odor when freshly cut

SOURCES: North American Cypress grows in wet, swampy areas along the Eastern Coast of the United States, from Delaware to Florida and west along the Gulf to the Mexican border in Texas and north up the Mississippi River Valley. Various varieties grow in Australia and parts of Asia. This is a very widespread wood family.

USES: Cypress has many exterior and interior uses. Cypress heartwood is extremely decay and insect resistant due to the naturally occurring preservative known as cypressine. It is an ideal choice for house construction, docks, beams, decks, flooring, paneling and siding. Cypress can also be milled to make doors, windows, rails, and even caskets. The ancient Egyptians used cypress to produce the pharaoh’s caskets, and in the Middle Ages, craftsmen used it to carve enormous cathedral doors. Because of the light weight and easy workability, it is a good choice for wooden models and carved items.

Other uses include: baskets, beams, blinds, boxes, bridges, building construction, cabinetmaking, canoes, caskets, chairs, chests, cooling towers, cooperage, crates, custom cabinetry., decorative veneer, desks, dining-room furniture, docks, doors, drawer sides, exterior furniture, fence posts., fencing, figured veneer, fine furniture, flooring, food containers, furniture components, furniture squares or stock, furniture, general millwork, greenhouses, hatracks, heavy construction., interior trim, joinery, kitchen cabinets, living-room suites, masting, millwork, office furniture, paneling, parquet flooring, piles, plain veneer, planking, poles, porch construction, porch flooring, posts, radio, railroad crossties, railroad-cars, rustic furniture, sash, shingles, ship and boat building, shipbuilding, shutters, siding, silos, spars, stadium seats, stereo, stools, tables, tanks, trim, tv cabinets, utility furniture, vats, veneer, wainscotting, wardrobes, windows, woodenware.

TREE: can reach heights of up to 145 feet and diameters of 12 feet for some species (but that's extreme; a more reasonable expectation is "up to 5 feet")

WEIGHT: generally about 31 lbs per cubic foot (very light)

DRYING: drys slowlly but well under proper conditions

AVAILABILITY: readily available

COST: low to moderate

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Cypress was a common siding and fencing material throughout the Midwest until Western Red Cedar came on the scene in the 40's and 50's and displaced much of the Cypress market with its lower price. With the increase in Western Red Cedar pricing Cypress is again a competitive and very durable product.

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Cypress trees are one of two American conifers (softwoods) that shed foliage in the fall like hardwoods. Although a softwood, it has traditionally been grouped and manufactured with hardwoods because it grows alongside hardwoods and is even graded by the rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.

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Cypress trees often have buttresses. Trees cut for commercial lumber are often sliced above the base where swelling occurs. The swelling is common in trees that grow in swampy areas and acts as extra support for the tree.

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Cypress roots love water. Some trees growing on wet sites develop what are called cypress "knees" or pneumatophores. The knee-like upright growths come from the roots, helping to support the tree and also to aerate the waterlogged root system. The wood from the knees is soft and light and can be used to make vases and novelty items.

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One Cypress grade that is particularly popular for interior paneling is Pecky cypress. Although the exact cause is unknown, Pecky occurs when the wood is attacked by fungus, resulting in lens-shaped pockets throughout the wood. There is no possibility of the pecking continuing after the tree is harvested. Once the tree is cut down, the causative agent itself is destroyed and completely disappears, leaving behind only the characteristic pocketing it formerly created. Pecking in fact is simply the result of a natural fungus (Polyporus amarus) entering older living trees through branch loss or fires that destroy the bark. The live tissues thus exposed invite airborne fungi spores in, to begin the sculpturing process.When finally cut for paneling, it yields an attractive three dimensional look unlike any other wood. Studies have not revealed the exact origin of the fungus or why it attacks only certain trees. Even though Pecky Cypress is considered an independent grade, it is not as readily available as the Selects and Commons and therefore offers a special opportunity to present a truly unique rustic appearance.