The Mexican Cypress, native from Mexico to Honduras but planted widely and naturalized. Photo from the Santa Marta Mountains of northeastern Colombia. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/primitive/index.html
Monterey Cypress or MacrocarpaCupressaceae Status: VulnerableEndemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea. However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.Many of the Monterey cypress have lichens draping from the branches, which reminds me of the Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)* hanging from bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) in the southern USA.www.flickr.com/photos/23715954@N02/2443355491/www.flickr.com/photos/lbricephoto/2944536690/_____* Interestingly, the specific epithet or species name usneoides means "resembling Usnea." Although Spanish moss does resemble beard moss (Usnea spp.), the two species are totally unrelated.
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.Mainly montane. There are a number of morphotypes making for an array of erect to more hanging or weeping forms. September 5, 2011, Wasatch Plateau, Huntington Canyon, northwestern corner of Emery County, Utah at approx. 7,190 ft. elev.
Mexican cypressCupressaceae (Cypress family)Native to the mountains of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and HondurasIntroduced to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)
2011-02-05 Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha - Hundsheimer Berge (280 m AMSL).View towards Leitha river - below the hills there lie dead flat plains; in the foreground you can make out several Quercus and Juniper communis communis.