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Chamaecyparis

cypress

Other common names
false cypress
Synonyms
Retinispora
Retinospora
see moreCallitropsis
Botanical details
Family
Cupressaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Chamaecyparis

Genus description

Chamaecyparis are evergreen trees, usually of narrowly ovoid or columnar outline, with much-branched sprays of small scale-like leaves, and small, globose cones; tiny red male cones are conspicuous in a few cultivars

Name status

Correct

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