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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Lawson falsecypress
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Leaf: Persistent, scale-like, and arranged in decussate pairs, blue-green with obvious white "X's" on the underside. Individuals leaves are typically 1/16 to 1/8 inch long and sets of four are about as long as they are wide; arranged in flattened, well organized sprays; dead leaves fall in sprays.
Flower: Monoecious; male cones small and yellow to red, borne terminally; female cones small, round and bluish-green. Fruit: Cones are small (about 1/4 inch diameter) and round with deeply wrinkled peltate scales; blue-green when young and brown when mature. Twig: Distinctly flattened when young, but eventually round, reddish brown bark. Bark: Brown, weathers to a gray-brown; mature bark is fibrous, ridged, and deeply furrowed; may reach 4 to 8 inches thick near the base. Form: Large, uniform, evergreen trees that commonly reach 125 to 200 feet tall and 3 to 6 feet in diameter; beautiful pyramidal form with frond-like branches. |
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Lawson falsecypress
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Lawson falsecypress
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Chamaecyparis obtusa
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Hinoki falsecypress
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small cones, with only 8 scales
found on short stalks orange brown in color scale like leaves white X-like lines on underside of scales two scale leaf sizes shredding red-brown bark |
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Chamaecyparis obtusa
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Hinoki falsecypress
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Leaf: Evergreen, fine scale-like foliage, dark shiny green above, glaucous margins between scales form a distinct "x" shape pattern beneath.
Flower: Monoecious; not showy, males small (1/8 inch) reddish brown terminal cones; females sightly larger, round, yellow-green. Fruit: Small, round cones (1/3 inch across), borne singly, orange-brown, numerous wrinkled scales, ripen in the late summer in one year. Twig: Flattened foliar sprays, pendulous at ends, eventually turning brown as foliage dies. Bark: Gray topped scaly, long ridges with reddish brown furrows and inner bark, peels in long, narrow strips. Form: Large, straight tree in its native habitat of Japan where it reaches over 120 feet tall and has a narrow pyramidal crown. Many cultuvars (e.g. 'Nana') grow very slowly, reaching only 6' tall by 3-4' wide. |
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Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana'
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Pfitzer juniper
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The Pfitzer is 5 to 6 ft. call by 15 to 20 ft. across, and is arching, as is the blue tip Pfitzer. Most junipers are dense, possessing aromatic wood and shreddy bark. Blue gray foliage on Hetz, feathering gray-green to silvery blue foliage on the Pfitzers. Fleshy, berrylike cones. Foliage is needlelike, scalelike, or both. Leaves are opposite or in threes with the upper surface having two separate or blended white lines.
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Juniperus conferta
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shore juniper
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Leaf: Evergreen, all leaves awl-shaped, sharp pointed, about 1/2 inch long, tips are well away from the stem, upper surface grooved with a bluish stomatal band, darker green below.
Flower: Dioecious; male cones yellow-brown, round, 1/5 inch across, females small and round. Fruit: Cones, 1/3 to 1/2 inch across, dark blue to green, turning bluish-black. Twig: Slender, initial green but turning reddish brown. Bark: Stems never get very large, but eventually they become reddish brown and finely scaly. Form: Typically very low to the ground and spreading, rarely over 1 foot in height. |
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Juniperus conferta
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shore juniper
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Juniperus horizontalis
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creeping juniper
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Leaf: Evergreen, mostly scale-like foliage but some awl-like foliage, soft, blue-green almost silvery, obviously glaucous.
Flower: Dioecious; male cones yellow-brown, round, 1/5 inch across, females small and round. Fruit: Small, round, cones, about 1/3 inch across, silvery blue. Twig: Slender, soft, horizontal stems that stay very close to the ground. Bark: Reddish brown and finely scaly. Form: Very low growing plant, rarely greater than 6 inhces in height, spreading to over 6 feet across, flat growing groundcover. |
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Juniperus horizontalis
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creeping juniper
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Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
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dwarf Japanese garden juniper
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Juniperus procumbens, commonly called Japanese garden juniper, is a dwarf, procumbent, shrubby ground cover that grows 8-18” (less frequently to 24”) tall and spreads by long trailing branches to form a dense mat to 10-15’ wide. Branches spread parallel to and slightly above the ground. ‘Nana’ is a dwarf, less vigorous form that features spiny-pointed blue-green needles (to 1/3” long). It typically grows 8-12” tall and spreads to 6’ wide over time. Foliage may turn purplish in winter. Fleshy seed cones (blackish berries at maturity) are often absent on cultivated plants.
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Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
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dwarf Japanese garden juniper
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Podocarpus macrophyllus
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yew pine; Buddhist pine
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Leaf: Alternate, densely arranged and almost appearing whorled, simple, evergreen, narrow lanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long, pointed, distinct midrib, shiny dark green above, paler and bluish below.
Flower: Dioecious; not showy, males are pale yellow, erect, slender cones 1 inch long; females are very inconspicuous, occur solitary from leaf axils. Fruit: Oblong initially red aril, 1/2 inch long, with a large (pea-sized,) protruding, round seed, both seed and aril ripens to purplish blue. Twig: Moderately stout, green, tightly covered in foliage that spirals up the stem. Bark: Fiborous and shreddy, reddish brown but ages to a light gray. Form: A small tree with a symetrical, dense, round crown reaching up to 40 feet in height. |
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Podocarpus macrophyllus
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yew pine; Buddhist pine
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Taxus cuspidata
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Japanese yew
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Leaf: Evergreen needles, single, spirally arranged but appearing 2-ranked on shaded branches, needles lay very flat, approximately 1 inch long, dark green and shiny above, tip abruptly pointed, yellow or pale green below with 12-15 rows of stomates.
Flower: Dioecious; male flowers are small, round, and yellow and are borne on the undersides of the leaves; female flowers are solitary. Fruit: Naked ovoid seed 1/4 inch long, surrounded by a bright red, fleshy aril, maturing in late summer, persistent through fall. Twig: Light green in color, turning brown after several years; buds green with keeled scales, female flower buds are pointed, males rounded. Bark: Always thin (about 1/4 inch), reddish brown, and scaly; inner bark is reddish purple. Form: Small tree or large shrub to 25 feet, with many limbed boles and a short trunk. |
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Taxus cuspidata
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Japanese yew
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non-distinct two-ranked needles
red aril covering seed reddish brown bark straight or curved needles sharp pointed leaf apex |