Marin CNPS - Junior Botanist Study Kit - Trees

Background information:

There are many species of cypress in California, but Sargent cypress is the only native cypress in Marin County.
It grows mainly on serpentine and is found only east of the San Andreas fault.
On Pine Mountain there is a pygmy Sargent cypress forest where mature plants are only a few feet tall.
On Mt. Tamalpais these trees can be fifty feet tall.
Miwoks used a decoction of stems for rheumatism and for colds.