HRT 212 Plant Walk 3: Cupressaceae

Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzer Compacta' Note foliage may be awl or scale like or both Broad spreading shrub 

Microbiota decussata Note scale like leaves, flattened fronds purple or bronze winter color ground cover growth habit

Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Rug' Note awl and scale-like foliage blue foliage color ground cover habit, feathery branches

Juniperus virginiana Note the blue "berries" (cones) which smell like gin when crushed, see if you can find galls Awl like foliage on juvenilles, scale like on older plants shreaddy reddis bark ...

Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii' Note flat, rounded fans of foliage globe shape  

Viburnum rhetidophyllum Note very large, thick leathery leaves, wrinkled dull surface Also classic viburnum characteristics: Nasty fuzz on stems, large flower buds, "naked" vegitative buds

Chamaecyparis obtusa Note rounded fronds of foliage which are not flattened white markings under side of foliage

Viburnum x burkwoodii Note small purplish leaves evergreen-ish classic viburnum characteristics

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'  (aka Callitropsis) Note flat scale like foliage, tips of fronds pointed acending branches with branchlets drooping

Chamaesyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea' Note thread-like branches, scale like leaves yellow color habit may be mounded or irregular-conical

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard' Note awl-like but soft foliage conical growth habit

Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' Note all awl-like foliage ground cover habit

Thuja occidentalis (two different cultivars) Note folige scale-like, branch tips tend to be rounded, compact foliage cones small like wooden roses

Thuja plicata Note scale like foliage, branch tips pointed, often slightly drooping looser, more open habit than T. occidentalis

Viburnum x pragense Note leaves shiny, long and thin, smoot surface classic viburnum characteristics