~☮Rigs Rocks☮~
~Oh Lonesome Me~
~Oh Lonesome Me~
♫ Everybody's going out and having fun ♫
♪ I'm just a fool for staying home and having none ♪
♬ I can't get over how she set me free ♬
♩♩ Oh, lonesome me ♩♩
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Cupressus macrocarpa, (now classed as Hesperocyparis macrocarpa), commonly known as Monterey cypress, is a species of cypress native to the Central Coast of California. The native range of the species was confined to two small relict populations, at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and at Point Lobos near Carmel, California.
The two native cypress forest stands are protected, within Point Lobos State Reserve and Del Monte Forest. The natural habitat is noted for its cool, moist summers, almost constantly bathed by sea fog.
It grows to heights of up to 133 feet in perfect growing conditions, and its trunk diameter can reach over 9 feet. The foliage grows in dense sprays which are bright green in color and release a deep lemony aroma when crushed. The leaves are scale-like, 2–5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots; seedlings up to a year old have needle-like leaves 4–8 mm long.
It has been widely reported that individual C. macrocarpa trees may be up to 2,000 years old, but this is disputed by botanists, and the longest-lived report based on physical evidence is of a tree 284 years old.
When planted in areas with hot summers, for example in interior California away from the coastal fog belt, Monterey cypress has proved highly susceptible to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and rarely survives more than a few years. This disease is not a problem where summers are cool.[13]
~Oh Lonesome Me~
~Oh Lonesome Me~
♫ Everybody's going out and having fun ♫
♪ I'm just a fool for staying home and having none ♪
♬ I can't get over how she set me free ♬
♩♩ Oh, lonesome me ♩♩
#RigsRocks #Monterey #CentralCoast #SpanishBay #MontereyCypress #CupressusMacrocarpa #HesperocyparisMacrocarpa #MontereyCypress #PebbleBeach #LifeExpectancy2000yo
Cupressus macrocarpa, (now classed as Hesperocyparis macrocarpa), commonly known as Monterey cypress, is a species of cypress native to the Central Coast of California. The native range of the species was confined to two small relict populations, at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and at Point Lobos near Carmel, California.
The two native cypress forest stands are protected, within Point Lobos State Reserve and Del Monte Forest. The natural habitat is noted for its cool, moist summers, almost constantly bathed by sea fog.
It grows to heights of up to 133 feet in perfect growing conditions, and its trunk diameter can reach over 9 feet. The foliage grows in dense sprays which are bright green in color and release a deep lemony aroma when crushed. The leaves are scale-like, 2–5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots; seedlings up to a year old have needle-like leaves 4–8 mm long.
It has been widely reported that individual C. macrocarpa trees may be up to 2,000 years old, but this is disputed by botanists, and the longest-lived report based on physical evidence is of a tree 284 years old.
When planted in areas with hot summers, for example in interior California away from the coastal fog belt, Monterey cypress has proved highly susceptible to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and rarely survives more than a few years. This disease is not a problem where summers are cool.[13]