I can see cypress family Cupressaceae

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

• incense cedar  genus Calocedrus :   California incense cedar  Calocedrus decurrens.
• false cypress  genus Chamaecyparis :   Port Orford cedar  Chamaecyparis lawsoniana and ◼︎ Atlantic white cedar  Chamaecyparis thyoides.
• cypress  genus Cupressus :   ◼︎ Alaska yellow cedar  Cupressus nootkatensis.
• juniper  genus Juniperus :   common juniper  Juniperus communis, creeping juniper  Juniperus horizontalis and ◼︎ eastern red cedar  Juniperus virginiana.
• redwood  genus Sequoia :   coast redwood/California redwood  Sequoia sempervirens
• genus Sequoiadendron :   giant sequoia  Sequoiadendron giganteum.
• flood-tolerant cypress  genus Taxodium :   bald cypress  Taxodium distichum.
• arborvitae/cedar  genus Thuja :   ◼︎ northern white cedar / eastern arborvitae  Thuja occidentalis and ◼︎ western redcedar  Thuja plicata.
• hemlock  genus Tsuga :   eastern hemlock  Tsuga canadensis and western hemlock  Tsuga heterophylla.

All are part of 🌲︎ conifer  order Pinales.

Native throughout the globe, except 🇦🇶 Antarctica.

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