Cupressaceae

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Cupressaceae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Recent
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Cupressus sempervirens foliage and cones
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order:
Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Bartlett[1]
Subfamilies[2]

Cupressaceae is a

dioecious trees and shrubs up to 116 m (381 ft) tall. The bark
of mature trees is commonly orange- to red- brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, scaly or hard and square-cracked in some species.

Description