| The stem is densely branched with erect branches | Attempts have been made to grow C |
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| The tiny, dark, grey-green leaves are dense and fine-textured | , other oaks, and even pines |
In collaboration with the National Solidarity Fund and Belgian Technical Cooperation: a hundred hectares were protected against erosion and consolidated by tree-planting 2,000 olive, 250 almond, 2,500 cypress, 3,000 acacia, 1,000 thornbush acacia, 8,900 saltbush and 500 eucalyptus ; five structures were erected to reduce water runoff, which has a direct influence on agricultural fields, and to protect the track against landslides.
10| Care should be taken in choosing the location where this tree is to grow, owing to its ultimate size | The bark is fibrous, thin and grey when mature |
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| , the plant seems to show a preference for growth on southern live oak Quercus virginiana and bald cypress Taxodium distichum because of these trees' high rates of foliar mineral leaching calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus providing an abundant supply of nutrients to the plant, but it can also colonize other tree species such as sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua , crepe-myrtles Lagerstroemia spp | The Italian Cypress grows in limy, clayey soils that can be dry and poor, but must be well drained |
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12| This well-known columnar Italian Cypress can be found throughout the Mediterranean and parts of the Middle East | It is an evergreen conifer that reaches a height of 20 to 30 metres |
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| sempervirens in Arriyadh, but they have not always been successful: it is probably best in a wadi, park-like garden sheltered by other trees | Propagation is by seed and cuttings |
Some branches may require tying in.
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