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These flashcards cover various traits and species of cypress trees, emphasizing their unique characteristics and growth habits.
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Cypress traits
Characteristics include rounded growth, rough/prickly edges, and cones that hang underneath and are rounded.
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Also known as hinoki falsecypress; features gumdrop-shaped cones, rounded branch tips, and fan-shaped branches.

X Cupressocyparis leylandii
Commonly called Leyland cypress; fast-growing hedging plant, reaching 40-50 ft tall with very round scales.

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’
Known as weeping nootka falsecypress; features arching branches that weep and rounded scales.

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Filifera)
Threadleaf sawara falsecypress; characterized by thread-like growth resembling dreadlocks and tiny cones.

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Plumosa)
Sawara falsecypress; medium to large tree with narrow spiral needle arrangement and very rounded appearance.
