Arizona Cypress
Hesperocyparis arizonica
Found in fencerows, weakly naturalizing from horticultural plantings. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
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Not native
Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 2 Alabama counties.
Habitats
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL
Genus host records with ranges including AL · Hesperocyparis
- Callophrys gryneusOlive Hairstreak, Juniper Hairstreak, Nelson's Hairstreak
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
- Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Neargyractis slossonalisDimorphic Leafcutter Moth
- Nemoria elfaCypress Emerald
- Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
- Orgyia detritaLive Oak Tussock Moth, Fir Tussock Moth
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimGrowing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Cupressaceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Alabama rank | Not available |
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| Global rank | Not available |
| AL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- Alabama Plant Atlas
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications