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Hello Stefan, Thanks for your message! Yes, Baum 1 is a C.glabra . In English it is called Smooth (Bark) Arizona Cypress. The cones on average are bigger than those of C.arizonica . Second tree is likely also a glabra , but to be sure, it would be necessary to see the bark and a close-up of the cone...

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More and more authors are agreeing with this treatment.

According to Adams they are well separated species. For instance: A recent analyses using RAPDs fingerprinting (Bartel et al., 2003) found H. glabra to be distinct from H. arizonica(Fig. 1). Article 225 on Adams' website on juniperusdotorg. The two species are also very well separated geographically.

Wurde schon im 17.Jhrdt in Portugal eingeführt. This is true for Cupressus lusitanica , not for Cupressus benthamii only described in the 19th century (1847 by Endlicher). Imho it is a mistake to make of bentahmii a variety of lusitanica . They do not grow in the same region and they are very easi...

To identify a Cupressus benthamii (the species name corresponds to the first description and it is better to treat it at the species rank) it is necessary to have a close up of the foliage. Cones would help too. Most Cupressus benthamii are wrongly labelled. Die vermeintliche C. cashmeriana in Isola...

Ebenso kann ich mich an keine grüne Cupressus arizonica oder glabra erinnern. Here you can see one on the cover page ( Cupressus glabra ): http://cupressus.net/ and look for the Bulletins Green specimens are not to be found in nurseries, at least in Europe, where this species is usually propagated...

If the cones are regularly over 2 cm to 3 cm, it is indeed Cupressus cashmeriana, a species often confused with Cupressus tortulosa (synonym: Cupressus corneyana).