Native range: worldwide

Leaves:

• evergreen
• mostly scale-like foliage (or whorled in 3’s)
• resinous

Cones:

• male & female
• scales in pairs, peltate or basally attached
• generally smaller than Pinaceae cones
• axillary or terminal on branchlets
• “berry-like” in junipers

Other notes:

• trees and shrubs
• aromatic

Genera:

• Chamaecyparis (cypress genus) | 2 species
• Cunninghamia | 1 species
• Juniperus (junipers)
• Metasequoia | 1 species
• Sequoia | 1 species
• Sequoiadendron | 1 species
• Thuja (arborivates) | 1 species