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Cypress Cupressus

Every rated Cupressus record is keep-away — 5 of 7 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is rated fire-resistant. These counts describe the cited records — 7 records carrying 383 evidence rows from 46 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: Cypress Cupressus sp. Keep away Consensus 10 sources rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

Keep away

4 species

Awaiting evidence

2 species

About cypress

Corpus context. Cupressus is the directory's #94 largest of 550 genus groups: 7 records carrying 383 evidence rows from 46 cited sources, recorded as tree , hardy across USDA zones 6–6. Recorded trait flags: 1 carry resinous foliage flags; 1 carry fine fuels flags — each cited on its page. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Cupressus: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated cypress grow

Tagged as growing in 14 states.

A two-panel identification aid compares public-domain botanical plate traces. Italian cypress has woody scaled cones; the juniper comparator has fleshy berry-like cones when present. A source-conflict note avoids forcing Skyrocket under either Rocky Mountain juniper or eastern redcedar. — **FA Exhibit ID-012.** Italian cypress or ‘Skyrocket’ juniper. Specimen after Redouté — exact Cupressus sempervirens, public domain. Not to scale. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

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