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cones=elongated (longer than wide, looks like a conifer cone);temperate-to-subarctic forests;trunk=near-cylindrical;needles shed separately (look at base of tree)larch genus Larix
cones=globular (⚽︎ spherical);grows in wet, southern USA;trunk=buttressed[?];needles shed together with twig (see base of tree), arranged ╟ alternatebald cypress Taxodium distichum cones=globular (almost spherical, looks like soft volleyball);grows in wet, native to China;trunk=buttressed[?];needles shed with twig, arranged ╫ oppositedawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
🏠︎ 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales