Italian Cypress

Cupressus sempervirens L

Cupressus sempervirens L., Sp. Pl. 1002, 1753.

Tree; leaves conspicuously glandular, obtuse; cones subglobose 2.5–3.5 cm across. Native of southern Europe and western Asia, one sterile young plant in a garden in Guam may be this.

MARIANAS ISLANDS.—Guam: Yigo, 120 m, Fosberg 35403 (US).

Juniperus L.

Juniperus L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 461, 1754 [1753].—Stone, Micronesica 6:67–68, 1971.

Trees and shrubs, branch systems not usually flattened, leaves scale-like or subulate, ovulate strobiles with scales in fruit fleshy and connate into a berry; seeds wingless.

Northern hemisphere, many species cultivated as ornamentals; a few have been planted in Guam, of which at least the following have survived.