{"id":"id-012","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"title":"Italian cypress or ‘Skyrocket’ juniper","file":"/diagrams/id-012-italian-cypress-or-skyrocket-juniper.svg","caption":"FA Exhibit ID-012. Italian cypress or Skyrocket juniper.","alt":"A two-panel identification aid compares public-domain botanical plate traces. Italian cypress has woody scaled cones; the juniper comparator has fleshy berry-like cones when present. A source-conflict note avoids forcing Skyrocket under either Rocky Mountain juniper or eastern redcedar.","kind":"diagram","rights":"cc-by-4.0","depicts":"The narrow columnar silhouette is the reason these plants are confused, not the way to resolve them","identifiableAddress":false,"exifGpsStripped":true,"derivation":"Specimen after Redouté — exact Cupressus sempervirens, public domain. Not to scale.","technicalReviewer":"Grayson Graham","lastVerified":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"}}