FA Exhibit ID-012

Italian cypress or ‘Skyrocket’ juniper

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. — FA Exhibit ID-012. Italian cypress or Skyrocket juniper. Specimen after Redouté — exact Cupressus sempervirens, public domain. Not to scale. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

Technical review: Grayson Graham. Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON

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