A diverse family of plants, containing about 30 genera and 130-140 species, including:

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All are part of 🌲︎ conifer  order Pinales.

Native 🌐︎ across the globe, except 🇦🇶 Antarctica.   ▭ 🌎︎ Map (🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA) (colors).

Uses by native peoples
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🏠︎ California incense cedar  Calocedrus decurrens
Port Orford cedar  Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ◼︎ Atlantic white cedar  Chamaecyparis thyoides
cypress  genus Cupressus ◼︎ Alaska yellow cedar  Cupressus nootkatensis

juniper  genus Juniperus common juniper  Juniperus communis creeping juniper  Juniperus horizontalis ◼︎ eastern red cedar  Juniperus virginiana

coast redwood/California redwood  Sequoia sempervirens
giant sequoia  Sequoiadendron giganteum

bald cypress  Taxodium distichum
◼︎ northern white cedar / eastern arborvitae  Thuja occidentalis ◼︎ western redcedar  Thuja plicata