#245 most planted
Cupressus x leylandii
Leyland cypress · also Leylandii
ConiferEvergreen
6,648
trees mapped
0.06%
of all named trees
10
cities
4.1 in
median trunk (10 cm, 5,263 measured)
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Leyland cypress is a fast-growing coniferous evergreen tree primarily used in horticulture for hedges and screens. Its rapid, thick growth provides privacy, though this can sometimes lead to disputes due to overshadowing. This tree is a hybrid and is almost always sterile.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 4,6560.41%—3.5 in
- 7780.17%35 yr4.5 in
- 5310.23%—6.8 in
- 3090.20%—3.8 in
- 1440.41%—12 in
- 970.03%38 yr9.8 in
- 970.07%—18 in
- 330.01%40 yr13 in
- 20.00%—1.0 in
- 10.00%—6.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 90 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.1 in, mean 5.2 in, 90th percentile 8.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Cupressus in the catalogue
12 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
