VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Cupressus macnabiana | Macnab Cypress 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
MacNab cypress has soft, close-grained wood [24].  Cypress (Cupressus
spp.) wood is generally durable and stable.  It is suitable for a wide
range of exterior uses including joinery, shingles, and boats.  Possible
interior uses include moulding and panelling [17].  Cypress shelterbelts
provide good fuel.  Most cypress species develop a large proportion of
heartwood, which splits well, dries quickly, and is clean-burning.
Cypress wood is moderately fast burning because of its medium density.
As cypress woods are prone to sparking, they are recommended only for
enclosed fires [17].


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Rodents and deer consume cypress seedlings.  Cypress are considered
undesirable forage for livestock, although young plants are browsed
[24].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Grazing and trampling by livestock are detrimental to cypress seedlings [1].

MacNab cypress is unsuitable for use in windbreaks or hedges near the
coast or in areas that are waterlogged, because waterlogged soils may
result in dwarfed trees [24,27].  

Seedlings are susceptible to damping-off fungi [27].  MacNab cypress is
moderately susceptible to coryneum canker (Coryneum cardinale), which
can kill trees [24].  It succumbs to various diseases when transplanted
from warm, dry interior locations to the cool, moist atmosphere of the
coast [24].

MacNab cypress is restricted to serpentine soils in many locations.
Using cypress wood to fuel the furnaces used to extract mercury from
sepentine soils has reduced California's cypress forests [1].

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