Cypress family

Cupressaceae

• Height: up to 30 m depending on species
• Trunk: fibrous, thin bark, clearly longitudinally fissured with age, peeling off in strips
• Crown: usually dense, conical to columnar
• Leaves: scale-like, usually small, very dense
• Fruits/seeds: small, spherical to ovoid cones, woody, initially compact, later gaping
• Other: Very tolerant to pruning, therefore also found as a hedge or topiary

Scheinzypresse - ganzer Baum
Photo: Janina Deutschmann

 
Scheinzypresse - Nadeln + Frucht
Photo: Janina Deutschmann

Thuja-Lebensbaum 
Photo: Martina Gehret

Thuja - Blatt
Photo: Janina Deutschmann

Zapfen Thuja
Photo: Martina Gehret