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cones=elongated (longer than wide, looks like a conifer cone);
temperate-to-subarctic forests;
trunk=near-cylindrical;
needles shed │ separately (see base of tree)
larch  genus Larix  

cones=globular (⚽︎ spherical);
grows in wet, southern USA;
trunk=buttressed[?];
needles shed ⋘ with twig (see base of tree),
arranged ╟ alternate
bald cypress  Taxodium distichum   cones=globular (almost spherical, looks like soft volleyball);
grows in wet, native to China;
trunk=buttressed
needles shed ⋘- with twig,
arranged ╫ opposite
dawn redwood  Metasequoia glyptostroboides




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