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Hinoki Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa


Location: Monteceto Dr.
District: Niles
Native to: Asia
Tree type: conifer
Leaf retention: evergreen

Comments: Evergreen conifer native to Japan and Taiwan. Leaves are scale-like, blunt, dark-green above, but with white specks on the underside. Branchlets are fan shaped and horizontal. Cones are spherical, one quarter to one half inch in diameter; when mature the cones are reddish brown and deeply furrowed. Bark is reddish brown and flakes of in short strips. Tree to 120' when mature.

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