HRT 212 Plant Walk 3: Cupressaceae Preview

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Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzer Compacta'Note foliage may be awl or scale like or bothBroad spreading shrub

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Siberian Cypress

Microbiota decussataNote scale like leaves, flattened frondspurple or bronze winter colorground cover growth habit

3

Blue Rug juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Rug'Note awl and scale-like foliageblue foliage colorground cover habit, feathery branches

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Eastern red cedar

Juniperus virginianaNote the blue "berries" (cones) which smell like gin when crushed, see if you can find gallsAwl like foliage on juvenilles, scale like on older plantsshreaddy reddis bark

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Globe arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii'Note flat, rounded fans of foliageglobe shape

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leatherleaf viburnum

Viburnum rhetidophyllumNote very large, thick leathery leaves, wrinkled dull surfaceAlso classic viburnum characteristics:Nasty fuzz on stems, large flower buds, "naked" vegitative buds

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Hinoki false cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusaNote rounded fronds of foliage which are not flattenedwhite markings under side of foliage

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Burkwood viburnum

Viburnum x burkwoodiiNote small purplish leaves evergreen-ishclassic viburnum characteristics

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Weeping Alaska false cypress

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' (aka Callitropsis)Note flat scale like foliage, tips of fronds pointedacending branches with branchlets drooping

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Yellow thread leaf false cypress

Chamaesyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'Note thread-like branches, scale like leaves yellow colorhabit may be mounded or irregular-conical

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Boulevard false cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'Note awl-like but soft foliageconical growth habit

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Dwarf Chinese garden juniper

Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'Note all awl-like foliage ground cover habit

13

Arborvitae or Eastern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis (two different cultivars)Note folige scale-like, branch tips tend to be rounded, compact foliagecones small like wooden roses

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Western White Cedar

Thuja plicataNote scale like foliage, branch tips pointed, often slightly droopinglooser, more open habit than T. occidentalis

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Prague viburnum

Viburnum x pragenseNote leaves shiny, long and thin, smoot surfaceclassic viburnum characteristics