Family CupressaceaeRedwoods, Cypress, Arborvitae, Juniper
There are thirty (many monotypic) genera and 142 species in the family Cupressaceae, now widely regarded as including the Taxodiaceae, previously treated as a distinct family. The Cupressaceae are found in the fossil record as far back as the Jurassic Period, about 210 million years ago.
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The heartwood of many species of Cupressaceae is resistant to termite damage and fungal decay, and therefore it is widely used in contact with soil. Most prominent in the flora are redwood and baldcypress; the premier coffin wood of China, Cunninghamia lanceolata, is another member of the family. Other genera, usually called cedars, may have aromatic woods with a variety of specialty uses. Wooden pencils are made from incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, and eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, which is also used for lining cedar chests. Wood from species of Thuja is still used for "cedar" roofing shingles.
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Arborvitae
Genus Thuja

Obelisk Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Obelisk'

Ames Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Ames'

Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper
Juniperus procumbens
'Nana'
 
Hillspire Juniper
Juniperus virginiana 'Cupressifolia'

Silver King Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
'Silver King'

Blue Rug Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis

Swedish Juniper
Juniperus communis var: suecica

Polish Juniper
Juniperus communis
'Cracovia'
Sawara Cypress - Chamaecyparis pisifera
Sawara Cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera
 
Golden Pfitzer Juniper
Juniperus chinensis

'Pfitzeriana aurea'

Funeral Cypress
Cupressus funebris

Atlantic White-Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
 

Dawn-Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica

Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum

Needle Juniper
Juniperus rigida
Oriental Arborvitae - Platycladus orientalis
Oriental Arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis

Alaska-Cedar
Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis

Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana

Port Orford Cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

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