Cupressaceae

Hesperocyparis arizonica

Square twig

opposite leaves

Leaves small, scale-like

Cupressaceae

Chamaecyparis thyoides

Flat twig w/ tight green → brown scales

Spreading tips, aromatic when crushed

Cupressaceae

Taxodium distichum

Linear opposite leaves, ~half inch long

Twigs alternate, brown, slender

Cupressaceae

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Linear leaves 1-3 inches long

Two white stomatiferous lines below

Usually round cone fruit at terminal bud

Cupressaceae

Juniperus communis

Leaf in whorls of 3, lanceolate, sharp

Leaves up to .5 inches long

Cupressaceae

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Leaves opposite, twigs also opposite

Emerge at nearly right angles to stem

Cupressaceae

Juniperus virginiana

Two types of leaves

A) very small, scale-like, dark green

B) longer, up to .25 inch, needle-like

Cupressaceae

Calocedrus decurrens

Decussate (crossing in an X) leaves

Wine goblet shape due to overlapping scales

Foliage in flattened sprays

Cupressaceae

Cryptomerica japonica

Leaf awl-shaped, spirally arranged, ≤ .75 in

Leaves curl inward towards twig

Leyland cypress

Cupressaceae

Cupressus x leylandii

Leaf in flat sprays, decussate pairs, ≤ 1/8 in

Branchlets usually in acute angles to twig

Cupressaceae

Thuja occidentalis

opposite leaves in pairs, dark green above

pale green below, flattened, fan-like

Oriental arborvitae

Cupressaceae

Platycladus occidentalis

Yellow-green grooves leaves

Opposite, scale-like

Usually brown at very tip