Taxodium
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Metasequoia
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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Coniferophyta – Conifers Class Pinopsida Order Pinales Family Cupressaceae – Cypress family Genus Chamaecyparis Spach – cedar Species Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Siebold & Zucc. ex Endl. – hinoki false cypress |
Taxodium distichum
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides
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Native to Japan
Tree/Bark
Tree
- Evergreen
Foliage
Flowers
males small (1/8 inch) reddish brown terminal cones; females sightly larger, round, yellow-green.
Fruit
Cones
- small, with only 8 scales
- on short stalks
- orange brown