| gowen cypress | (n) small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress, Syn. Cupressus goveniana |
| pygmy cypress | (n) rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress, Syn. Cupressus pigmaea, Cupressus goveniana pigmaea |
| santa cruz cypress | (n) rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species, Syn. Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana |