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- noun New Zealand The
Monterey cypress .
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Hi Tina – The specific name macrocarpa (“big fruit”) makes sense!
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Constant wetting due to spray and important levels of insolation determine a fairly distinctive flora, known as cupay forest Copaifera langsdorfii, with Anadenantera macrocarpa and Xilopia brasiliensis in the highest stratum.
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Among the exciting discoveries were new species of conifers, such as Pinus hartwegii, Pinus ayacahuite, P. moctezumae, P. patula, Cupressus macrocarpa, and Sequoia sempervirens.
Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008
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Among the exciting discoveries were new species of conifers, such as Pinus hartwegii, Pinus ayacahuite, P. moctezumae, P. patula, Cupressus macrocarpa, and Sequoia sempervirens.
Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008
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Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’ backlit
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These include Solanum brachyantherum, Eragrostis peruviana and Tetragonia macrocarpa.
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A newly planted pot of a gold Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa surrounded by golden club moss, Selaginella kraussiana in hopes of becoming a Bonsai sits on the seat.
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Deciduous seasonal or dry forest elements include Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Chorisia spp.,
Beni savanna 2008
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Further north in the ecoregion, the transitional grassland ecoclimate supports a vegetation of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) groves, mixed tall shrubs, and intermittent fescue grasslands.
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Rare and endangered species found in this ecoregion include California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), hoary elfin butterfly (Incisalia polios obscurus), North Pacific plantain (Plantago macrocarpa), and possibly the Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti).
knitandpurl commented on the word macrocarpa
"Beyond the vision of her pumping knees on some desperate errand, and the bloodied dress above them, and playing in the yellow dust under the macrocarpa hedge, and a young women turning cartwheels on the lawn—whom she assumes to be Rita—she has only the scantiest memories of her very early life."
Kehua! by Fay Weldon, p 130
October 29, 2013