Cupressaceae Collection

Juniperus communis, juniper
Plate 53 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bombycilla cedrorum, cedar waxwing
Plate 43 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Cupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress
An illustration of (Cupressus sempervirens) the Italian cypress from the Botany Library Collection, the Natural History Museum, London

Caesalpinia sappan, Indian redwood

Carduelis cannabina, common linnet
Plate 49 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoia on display at the top of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Cypress twig in Baltic amber
A cypress twig in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene. Amber is fossilised tree resin. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule (1998) by Andrew Ross

Cypress tree
Plate 10 from The Shape, skeleton and foliage of 32 species of Trees (1786). The series was originally issued in 1771

Cypress in Mr Watsons garden, Madeira
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Metasequoia occidentalis
Eocene fossil leaves from Spitsbergen. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Metasequoia sp. dawn redwood
A fossilised leaf of the dawn redwood dating from the Eocene period. Specimen originally from from Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia, Canada, now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sequoia affinis, fossil tree
This specimen of Sequoia affinis is from Florissant, Colorado, USA, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Platycladus orientalis, oriental arborvitae
Sketch 205 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cupressinoxylon, fossil wood
Composite photomicrograph showing transverse (left), tangential (centre) and radial (right) sections through fossil wood; Cupressinoxylon from the London Clay at Ashford, Kent, England

Juniperus Communis (Common Juniper), a woody plant of the Cupressaceae family. Seen here is the Prostrata variety, a low-growing shrub covering some rocks

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