BLACK CYPRESS PINE

An evergreen tree growing 5-15 meters tall with tough, furrowed bark. The branches may be erect or spreading.

Leaves - green measuring 2-4 millimeters long.

Fruit - this species has both male and female cones, with female cones occurring solitarily or in clusters on slender fruiting branchlets. The cones are smooth, almost spherical, measuring 15-20mm in diameter and containing a number of sticky seeds coated in resin. Cones may persist on the tree for a number of years.

Flowering spring to summer.